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In memory of:

Private Herbert Watkins Hunter

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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 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).

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 107 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France

Contay is a village in the Department of the Somme on the main road, Amiens to Arras. The CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the left (north east) side of the road to Franvillers. There are no access problems. There is a CWGC road sign next to the church and square of the village and next to the D23, Franvillers - Corbie, sign. The distance from the CWGC sign to the Cemetery is approximately 650 metres.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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