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Military service
Service number:
10594
Age:
41
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
April 15, 1880
Death:
September 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 26.
Additional information
Son of Hamilton and Ann Hunter, of Falkirk, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Hunter
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Group Photo
Bombing section of 4 Platoon, # 1 Company, 15th Bn taken just before the battle of Hill 70, August 1917. Pte J Hunter is centre in the front row lying down. Photo from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, ON Submitted by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders). Submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 241st Bn (Scottish Borderers) from Windsor Ontario. Private Hunter enlisted in the 241st Bn in April 1917 after previously serving 2 years with the 4th Bn CEF. He was sent to the 15th bn as a reinforcement. submitted by Captain (retired) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). Submitted 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). Submitted 15th Bn Memorial Project Team.
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
Digital gallery of
Private John Hunter
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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