Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Hunter, James Harold

Born 31^st August 1894 Carrick Tasmania the son of Edward and Ellen Hunter (nee McLeod) a labourer he embarked Sydney 20^th January 1916 on board “HMAT Runic” with the 8^th Field Company Engineers.

He died 18^th April 1918 from wounds received in the field and was buried in the St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.

His brother William Robert Hunter (No 1645) died 6^th May 1917 in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Area, France.

Canon Wilmer of Carrick conveyed the sad intelligence to Mrs. Edward Hunter of the death of her son, Sapper James Harold Hunter, through gunshot wounds in chest and arms on April 1st at the lst Australian General Hospital. He was the second son to make the supreme sacrifice.

The Examiner 29^th April 1918

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