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Melville John Hyland Hunt

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Melville Hunt

Melville Hunt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Melville John Hyland AWMM
  • Surname
    Hunt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ404464 AWMM
    • WWII 404464 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
    Mrs S.H. Hunt (mother), 25 Ross Street, Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM

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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Melville Hunt was the son of Stanley & Maggie Hunt (nee Hogg) of Marton, New Zealand.

      Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM
    • Melville was born 5th september 1920 in Marton, New Zealand, He was the the 5th child of 6 born to Stanley and Maggie Hunt of Marton. Public - Leonard - Other Relative - 19 April 2015 - Family Papers
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Death

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  • Death
    27 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 July 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
10 August 2019KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
22 April 2015Leonard HarrisPalmerston NorthOther Relative
19 April 2015LeonardPalmerston NorthOther Relative

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