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Military service
Service number:
791112
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Birth:
May 26, 1887
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John Robert Hunt, and the late Harriet Hunt.
Digital gallery of Private William Arthur Hunt
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Photo of WILLIAM ARTHUR HUNT
Submitted in memory of the members of the 131st Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Cenotaph at Abbotsford, B.C. Photo courtesy of Abby Chan -
Attestation Papers (Reverse)
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Attestation Papers
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Photo of William Arthur Hunt
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Photo of William Arthur Hunt
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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
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
Digital gallery of
Private William Arthur Hunt
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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