Hunter, Robert William (1103)
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 19 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 16 November 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1103 view online service record
Address:
5 Derby Street
Kensington, VIC
Next of Kin:
Daniel Ross Hunter (father)
5 Derby Street
Kensington, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Saturday, 3 June 1916
Ship: HMAT Persic A34
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 37th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Monday, 23 April 1917
Place: France
Brother: David Hunter
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Brian Membrey
Second Lieutenant, 37th Infantry, killed in action 23 April, 1917, France, aged 21, commemorated Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
1103 later Second Lieutenant (Parents: Daniel and Mrs Christina HUNTER, brother 1912, Sergeant David HUNTER (born Port Melbourne), killed in action 3 May, 1917. Born Port Melbourne (family then at 367 Bay-street), educated Scotch College, 12 months with Royal Australian Garrison Artillery at Queenscliff. He enlisted as a 20-year-old electrical engineer with his family in Derby Street, Kensington. Hunter embarked as Sergeant and was commissioned in March, 1917 before being killed in action near Armentieres, France, his brother just eleven days later. There was a third brother, Alan Ross HUNTER, born 1899 in South Yarra.