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HUNTER, Harold Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 5126, VX104047 |
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Enlisted: | 2 September 1942 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Last Unit: | Area Signals |
Born: | Wandin Victoria, Australia, 14 June 1897 |
Home Town: | Wandin North, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
Schooling: | Wandin North Primary, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Postal Worker, Mechanic, Clerk, Public Servant |
Died: | Macleod Victoria, Australia, 7 October 1962, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated Fawkner cemetery 9 Oct 1962 remains have been scattered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5126, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5126, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
26 May 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, 5126 Private Harold Robert Hunter, 24th Battalion who was an 18 year old civil servant from Wandin North, Victoria when he enlisted and embarked for overseas with the 13th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 28 July 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles. He served in France with the 24th Battalion and the Australian Corps of Signals and was awarded a Military Medal (MM) 'for conspicuous gallantry as a signaller during the action near Bullecourt on 3 May 1917 in laying and repairing the line to the captured positions under heavy fire. This work was practically continuous and was most valuable.' After being wounded in action on 9 October 1917, he returned to his unit and later returned to Australia on 29 August 1919 |
World War 2 Service
2 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, VX104047 | |
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10 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, VX104047, Area Signals |
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