Jack Hunter

Forenames

Jack AWMM

Surname

Hunter AWMM

Also known as

Te Apatu Hanita

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Service number

WWI 19355 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1896 Military personnel file
Attestation birthdate AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Hanita Le Maero and Mako Hanita, of Rakautatahi, Takapau, Hawkes Bay

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Takapau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mr Hunter (father), Takapau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19355 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 08 Aug 1916 Military personnel file Labourer/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 Military personnel file
HMNZT 69 Military personnel file Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private Military personnel file 10th Reinforcements Military personnel file Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• 22 Jul 1916 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
  5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM
• 22 Jul 1916 AWMM Complexion, WWI AWMM
  Maori AWMM
• 22 Jul 1916 AWMM Eye colour, WWI AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• 22 Jul 1916 AWMM Hair colour, WWI AWMM
  Black AWMM
• 22 Jul 1916 AWMM Weight, WWI AWMM
  11 stone 3 pounds AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military Military personnel file
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file

Jack Hunter was the son of Iriwhata Hanita and Ataria Mako Karena. His parents are listed by CWGC as Hanita Le Maero and Mako Hanita, of Rakautatahi, Takapau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Medical examination held at Waipukurau on 22 July 1916; he then attested at Narrowneck Camp in August and was again medically examined.
Jack was first buried near the Dressing Station, N.N.E. of Ypres. AWMM

Death

6 Oct 1917 Military personnel file

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. H. 13. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18051224
  Sources Used
• Passchendaele Casualty form.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:13061
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130638.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Project
  http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/jack-hunter
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/463287/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/463287
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/753
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17