Sergeant David Ainslie Hunter
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hunter,
David Ainslie
Date of birth: 1890-10-25
Place of birth: Edinburgh Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs C.Hunter (mother,) Astley Vicarage, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Bookkeeper
Occupation (normalized): Bookkeeper, General
Address:
1120 Pender St. W., Vancouver, British Columbia
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, A. 43.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 911777
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(102nd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Sergeant, 102nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Sergeant (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While taking part with his battalion in a successful attack on the enemy’s position at Vimy, he was killed by enemy machine gun fire.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 618534
LAC ID:
480833
Service file: B4627-S053
Uploader's Notes:
Son of the Rev. James and Mrs. Clementina Hunter, of Fala Manse, Blackshiels, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Prior military service with 19 Co., Canadian Army Service Corps.
Uploader's Research notes:
196th Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 196th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 102nd Battalion ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-16