Service Number : 53348 2nd Field Artillery Brigade 6th Battery Sergeant
Born : 20th June 1896 Beaudesert
Died : 30th May 1979
Aged : 82 years 11 months 10 days
Buried : Unknown
Parents : James and Susannah nee Smith
Wife : Marjorie Noreen Constance nee Bell
Enlisted: 15th February 1918 Brisbane
Embarked : 8th May 1918 RMS Osterley from Sydney
Returned to Australia : 1st August 1919
Medals : British War Medal 33825
Connection : Wife is of the “Smith” Pioneer Family
Memorials : Kaimkillenbun War Memorial
Logan Village Museum Honour roll
Virtual War Memorial Australia
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia
The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District WW1 (1914-19) David Mason
HUNTER JAMES Jim
Service Number 3497A 49th Battalion 9th Reinforcements
Born : 8th April 1891 Jimboomba
Died : 31st December 1977 Queensland (86 Years 8 Months 23 days)
Buried : Lawm Cemetery, Warrill Park
Parents: John Henry Hunter and Emily Mary nee Trace
Wife: Esme Margaret nee Butler
Enlisted : 23rd October 1916 Brisbane
Embarked : 24th January 1917 HMAT A33 Ayrshire from Sydney
Returned to Australia : 1st May 1919 China
Medals British War Medal 27191
Victory Medal 26085
Connection : Pioneer Descendant “Trace”
Memorials : Jimboomba Honour Board
Logan Village Museum Honour Roll
Nanango War Memorial
Virtual War Memorial Australia
The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District in WW1 (1914-1919) David Mason
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia
HUNTER John Henry
Service Number 3504 49th Battalion 9th Reinforcements
Born : 24 Aug 1889 Jimboomba
Died : Polygon Wood 26th Sept 1917 Belgium, (28 years 1 month 2 days)
Buried : Buttes New British Cem, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Parents : John Henry Hunter and Emily Mary nee Trace
Enlisted : 25th October 1916 Brisbane
Embarked : 24th January 1917 HMAT A33 Ayrshire from Sydney
Medals : British War Medal 55542
Victory Medal 54662
Memorial Scroll and Plaque 332546
Connection : Pioneer Descendant “Trace”
Memorials : Jimboomba Honour Board
Nanango War Memorial
Logan Village Museum Honour Roll
Discovering ANZACS National Library Australia
Virtual War Memorial Australia
The Soldiers & Nurses of the Beaudesert District in WW1 1914-1919 David Mason
# 3504 Private (Pte) John Hunter, 9th Reinforcements, 49th Battalion, of Nanango, Qld, a timber-getter prior to enlistment, Pte Hunter embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ayrshire on 24th January 1917. He was killed in action at Ypres on 26 September 1917. The bodies of five Australian soldiers were discovered in 2006 during a pipeline excavation near Westhoek, Belgium. The Australian Government and Australian Army History Unit worked with Belgian authorities to identify the remains. Two of the soldiers – 1868 Sergeant George Calder, 51st Battalion, and Private John Hunter were identified in 2007 through DNA analysis. A third soldier, 2488 Private George Richard Storey, was identified from further DNA testing in 2008. All five were interred at Buttes New British Military Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium (www.awm,gov.au)
Grave rediscovered in September 2006 by Belgium workers building a gas line near Zonnebece Hunter identified by DNA match with Niece reinterred in Buttes Cemetery 4th October 2007