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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
689
Age:
30
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
September 13, 1886
Loughton, Essex, England
Enlistment:
September 21, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
September 26, 1916
France
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Additional information
Son of Constance Hunt, of Brighton, Sussex, England, and the late Arthur Hunt.
Additional citations
Military Medal
Digital gallery of Sergeant Russell William Hunt
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Russell William Hunt
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Russell William Hunt
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Russell William Hunt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 106 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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