Service No: 2087
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 42nd Bn.
Son of John and Elizabeth Paul Hunter, of Mary St., Maryborough, Queensland.
Thomas Paul HUNTER
Regimental number :--- 2087
Place of birth :--- Maryborough, Queensland
School :---Albert State School, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion :--- Presbyterian
Occupation :--- Labourer
Address :--- Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Marital status :--- Single
Age at embarkation :--- 22 years 10 months
Next of kin :--- Father, Mr John Hunter, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date :--- 23 May 1916
Rank on enlistment :--- Private
Unit name :--- 42nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 2807
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Deceased offered himself to the AIF three times in his home town Maryborough but was rejected owing to varicose veins. Finally he went to Bundaberg and succeeded in joining.
Fate :--- Killed in Action 12 February 1917
Place of death or wounding :--- Armentieres, France
Age at death :--- 23
Age at death from cemetery records :--- 23
Place of burial Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 135
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: John and Elizabeth HUNTER, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Family/military connections Cousin: 451 Sergeant Robert Alexander HUNTER MM, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials: 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 42nd Bn.
Son of John and Elizabeth Paul Hunter, of Mary St., Maryborough, Queensland.
Thomas Paul HUNTER
Regimental number :--- 2087
Place of birth :--- Maryborough, Queensland
School :---Albert State School, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion :--- Presbyterian
Occupation :--- Labourer
Address :--- Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Marital status :--- Single
Age at embarkation :--- 22 years 10 months
Next of kin :--- Father, Mr John Hunter, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date :--- 23 May 1916
Rank on enlistment :--- Private
Unit name :--- 42nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 2807
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Deceased offered himself to the AIF three times in his home town Maryborough but was rejected owing to varicose veins. Finally he went to Bundaberg and succeeded in joining.
Fate :--- Killed in Action 12 February 1917
Place of death or wounding :--- Armentieres, France
Age at death :--- 23
Age at death from cemetery records :--- 23
Place of burial Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 135
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: John and Elizabeth HUNTER, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Family/military connections Cousin: 451 Sergeant Robert Alexander HUNTER MM, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials: 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial
Service No: 2087
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 42nd Bn.
Son of John and Elizabeth Paul Hunter, of Mary St., Maryborough, Queensland.
Thomas Paul HUNTER
Regimental number :--- 2087
Place of birth :--- Maryborough, Queensland
School :---Albert State School, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion :--- Presbyterian
Occupation :--- Labourer
Address :--- Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Marital status :--- Single
Age at embarkation :--- 22 years 10 months
Next of kin :--- Father, Mr John Hunter, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date :--- 23 May 1916
Rank on enlistment :--- Private
Unit name :--- 42nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 2807
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Deceased offered himself to the AIF three times in his home town Maryborough but was rejected owing to varicose veins. Finally he went to Bundaberg and succeeded in joining.
Fate :--- Killed in Action 12 February 1917
Place of death or wounding :--- Armentieres, France
Age at death :--- 23
Age at death from cemetery records :--- 23
Place of burial Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 135
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: John and Elizabeth HUNTER, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Family/military connections Cousin: 451 Sergeant Robert Alexander HUNTER MM, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials: 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial
Age: 23
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 42nd Bn.
Son of John and Elizabeth Paul Hunter, of Mary St., Maryborough, Queensland.
Thomas Paul HUNTER
Regimental number :--- 2087
Place of birth :--- Maryborough, Queensland
School :---Albert State School, Maryborough, Queensland
Religion :--- Presbyterian
Occupation :--- Labourer
Address :--- Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Marital status :--- Single
Age at embarkation :--- 22 years 10 months
Next of kin :--- Father, Mr John Hunter, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date :--- 23 May 1916
Rank on enlistment :--- Private
Unit name :--- 42nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/59/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 7 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 2807
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 42nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular Deceased offered himself to the AIF three times in his home town Maryborough but was rejected owing to varicose veins. Finally he went to Bundaberg and succeeded in joining.
Fate :--- Killed in Action 12 February 1917
Place of death or wounding :--- Armentieres, France
Age at death :--- 23
Age at death from cemetery records :--- 23
Place of burial Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 4), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 135
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: John and Elizabeth HUNTER, Mary Street, Maryborough, Queensland
Family/military connections Cousin: 451 Sergeant Robert Alexander HUNTER MM, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 December 1918.
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Memorials: 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial
Inscription
2087 PRIVATE
T. P. HUNTER
42ND BN.AUSTRALIAN INF.
12TH FEBRUARY 1917 AGE 23
(CROSS)
IN MEMORY OF
DEARLY LOVED SON OF
MR. & MRS. HUNTER
OF MARYBOROUGH
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