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Francis Seymour Hunt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Seymour AWMM
  • Surname
    Hunt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ411407 AWMM
    • WWII 411407 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ411407 AWMM
    • WWII 411407 AWMM
  • Military service
    FS HUNT was lost in action in Burma flying a Hurricanes. Public - Stephen Herbert - Other Relative - 16 September 2015 - FS HUNT was my mother' s (Doris Audrey Lela Hunt) youngest brother. He enlisted in the airforce and was put into bombers but had wanted to be a fighter pilot and eventually was transferred into fighters. He was later transferred to Burma and was listed as missing on a patrol in the Chidwin River area. His body was later found with his plane.
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Francis Hunt was the son of Francis Norman Hunt and of Winifred Hunt (nee Iggulden), of Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 January 1943 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Prome, Burma AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Singapore Memorial, Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 September 2015Stephen HerbertTokoroa, New Zealand.Other Relative

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