Harry Hunter

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 8 November 1895, Riverton, Invercargill, New Zealand
  • Died 3 December 1917, in action, Belgium
  • Killed In Action 3 December 1917, Ypres, Belgium
  • Last rank Private
  • Service number 49282
  • Served In Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 28th Reinforcements, Specialist Company, Machine-Gun Section, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Joseph Hunter (father), Riverton, Southland
  • Pre-war occupation Linesman, Post and Telegraph, Wyndham
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted26 January 1917
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 89 Waitemata, departed 24 July 1917, disembarked 25 September 1917, Plymouth, England
  • Theatres of operationWestern European 1917
  • RememberedButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Medals sent to Mr Joseph Hunter.

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