Thomas Edward HUNTER
Personal
Born: 30 June, 1884
Birthplace: Toolern Vale
Parents: George Hunter
Emma Burton
Died: 11 December, 1941
Place of death: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial place: Springvale Lawn Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria
Awards and Honours
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
33rd reinforcements, Field Artillery; 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column; 14th Battery, 5th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 38976
Enlistment date: 21 April, 1917 Melbourne
Age at enlistment: 32 years 9 months
Address at enlistment: Wandin
Religion: Methodist
Marital Status: Married
Next of kin: Wife: Nellie Isabel Hunter
Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Weight: 171 pounds
Complexion: Fresh
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Brown
Distinctive marks: Scars on both knees
Embarkation ship: H.M.A.T. Indarra.
Rank: Gunner
Return Date: 23 March, 1919
Return Vessel: S.S. Cluny Castle.
Arrival at Australia: 22 May, 1919.
Discharge Date: 14 June, 1919
War Service Summary
11/06/1917 - At Maribyrnong
26/11/1917 - Embarked from Melbourne aboard H.M.A.T. Indarra
22/12/1917 - Disembarked; Suez
22/01/1918 - Entrained to Alexandria; ex Suez
23/01/1918 - Detrained to Camp A, Gabbari; Alexandria
29/01/1918 - Embarked H.M.T. Abbassiah ex Alexandria
04/02/1918 - Disembarked to No. 9 Rest Camp; Taranto
07/02/1918 - Entrained; Taranto
14/02/1918 - Detrained; Chabourg; Embarked H.M.T. Prince George
15/02/1918 - Disembarked Southampton, England; to Heytesbury
07/07/1918 - Proceeded to France
11/07/1918 - Marched in to Australian Base Depot; Rouelles
17/08/1918 - Gunner, taken on strength 2nd Aust. Divisional Ammunition Column; France
24/08/1918 - Transferred to 5th Field Artillery Brigade, taken on strength 14th Battery
06/03/1919 - Marched out from field for return to Australia
11/03/1918 - Marched out to England ex Harve.
12/03/ 1919 - Disembarked at Southampton from France; Proceeded to Sutton Veny
23/03/1919 - Embarked SS Cluny Castle ex Devonport for return to Australia
22/05/1919 - Disembarked Australia
14/06/1919 - Discharged
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
07/04/1909 Married Nellie Isabel Reid at Toolern Vale
Children:
Leslie George (1909-1963)
Thomas Henry (1911-1971)
Lawrence Clifford (1913-2003)
Nellie Margarete Freeman (1915-2014)
Billy Norma Beryl (1917)
Ronald Birdwood (1920-1994)
Harold Geoffrey (1921-1942)
Betty Joan (1924-2007)
Leonard Maxwell (1926)
Place/s of residence :
Wandin
Stanhope
Oakleigh
Footscray
Occupations:
Orchardist
Farmer
Labourer
Driver
Date of death;
11/12/1941
Place of burial:
Fawkner Cemetery; transferred to Springvale Lawn Cemetery on death of Nellie in 1973.
Other relevant information:
Seven of his 9 children enlisted in World War 2. Harold Geoffrey, of the 39th Division, was killed on the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea.
Relationships:
Thomas is the son of George Hunter and Emma Burton. Emma is the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Burton, early settlers of Toolern Vale, and the sister of Sabina Burton who married Thomas' bother William Hunter. Sabina and William resided in Toolern Vale.
Thomas is the cousin of:
Robert Burton, Service No. 4451
William Burton, Service No. 4452
Percy Burton, Service No. 79050
Sources
Service Record
Embarkation Roll
Family sources