HUNTER, John Edmund
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6968214
Died :
Monday, September 13, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
23
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Lance Corporal John Hunter, 5 troop, was killed in action during operations at Dragone Hill, Salerno, and was originally buried by the 6th Yorks and Lancs. However his grave was never again found.
John Edmund Hunter was an old boy of Aireborough Grammar School, and later a clerical officer with the Inland Revenue in London. His wife was a Corporal in the WAAFs and their home was 14 The Crescent, Hall Lane, Horsforth, near Leeds. He had been with No.2 Commando since at least 1942. Whilst No.2 Commando were based in Ayr he was a Lance Corporal in 5 Troop 'B' Section, No.3 Sub-Section, and billeted at 226 High Street, Ayr.
John Edmund Hunter was an old boy of Aireborough Grammar School, and later a clerical officer with the Inland Revenue in London. His wife was a Corporal in the WAAFs and their home was 14 The Crescent, Hall Lane, Horsforth, near Leeds. He had been with No.2 Commando since at least 1942. Whilst No.2 Commando were based in Ayr he was a Lance Corporal in 5 Troop 'B' Section, No.3 Sub-Section, and billeted at 226 High Street, Ayr.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
2 Commando Casualties Salerno document below.
Notebook of LSgt Joe Rogers MM 5 Troop.
Newspaper report in The Yorkshire Evening Post, Monday, 25th October 1943.
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