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Military service
Service number:
443595
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
September 29, 1889
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 26, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
November 21, 1916
Blecourt, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 12.
Additional information
Son of Arthur William and Elizabeth May (nee Crooker) Hunter, of Armstrong, British Columbia. Brother of Russell, Cassie, Ernest, and Ivan.
Brother of Corporal Wray Ferguson Hunter who died on April 9, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment) and brother of Private Kenneth Lorne Hunter who died on October 1, 1918, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
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Gravemarker
Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver World newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Herbert Watkins Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Watkins Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Watkins Hunter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 107 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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