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Charles Alexander HUNTER* (1898-1929)
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 Trade listed as Clerk. DOB 5-3-98 (18 years) born Egremont, Grey County. 5 foot 6 3/4 inches. Hazel eyes, brown hair. Presbyterian. NOK Victoria Treadwell, mother. Enlisted Mt Forest 24-2-16. Enlistment noted in 2-3-16 edition Mt Forest Representative. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll 3-3-16, no transfers noted. On 153rd Battalion Nominal Roll as published Guelph Mercury 1-12-16. Embarked with 153rd Halifax N.S. SS Olympic 29-4-17. Arrived Liverpool 7-5-17. Assigned 25th Reserve for Training and Administration. Taken on Strength 18th Battalion 29-3-18. GSW right arm 12-8-18, arm amputated.
Orangeville Banner 22-8-18 reports "wounded." Mt Forest Register 12-9-18 reports "lost his right arm." Globe & Mail Canadian Casualties Lists 15-8-18 "wounded."
Died of Wounds, 1929, buried at Mount Forest Cemetery. (wounded at Amiens 8-8-18). Returned to Canada aboard SS Araquava Halifax, N.S. 10-1-19. Disability: Amputation right arm. Discharged Toronto 21-6-19, medically unfit.
Ontario Death Records (001597) notes death 15-1-29, pulmonary tuberculosis. NOK Loretta Hunter, wife. Worked as Postal Clerk, died at home. Headstone photo courtesy B. Gilbert. Portrait photo courtesy Mount Forest Legion.
File: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4627 - 27, courtesy Library & Archives Canada.
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