Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Gunegar (N.S.W.),
Place of enlistment
Toowoomba (Qld.),
Date of enlistment
1916-02-10,
Age
21,
Occupation
Shearer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
9th Field Artillery Brigade, 3rd Reinforcement,
Rank
Driver,
Service number
26293,
Next of kin
John Hunt' Father ; Kogan via Warra, Qld.,
History
John is listed on the memorial to Darwin men who went to the First World War as Hunt, J.A.P. He is also listed in an RSL listing of First World War soldiers, but there is no other evidence of his being in Darwin.
Unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A47 'Mashobra' on 14 September 1916. Saw war service on the Western Front. Returned to Australia per HT 'Konig Frederick' 20 August 1919 and discharged 25 September 1919.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7023672,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067265%5CRCDIG1067265--173-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1555850/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/26/,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3300193,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1555850/ [Nominal Roll],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3300193 ["Territory Soldiers", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 2 June 1921: p.1.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067265%5CRCDIG1067265--173-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A47 'Mashobra'],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7023672 [Service Record],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/awm4/23/26/ [Unit War Diary],