LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman James Thomas HUNT
Service No: 62716
Born: Blayney NSW, 26 January 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 March 1942
Unit: No. 5 Aircraft Depot
Died: Illness, Wagga Wagga NSW, 16 September 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Bernard and Elizabeth Hunt; husband of Beatrice Alice Hunt, of Blayney
Roll of Honour: Blayney NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 August 1944, Leading Aircraftman Hunt, a Fitter II Airframe, was admitted to No. 1 RAAF Hospital, Wagga Wagga, and he died of meningitis on the 16 September 1944.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/443