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Thomas Hunter

Military Information

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  • Service no: 301619
  • Rank: Private
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  • Regiment/Service: Royal Army Medical Corps
  • Unit/Ship: No2 Company

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  • Address: 36 Hilltown, Dundee
  • Occupation: Shunter
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    Catherine Hunter, 36 Hilltown, Dundee

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More about Thomas Hunter

  1. Hunter   Black Watch

A NARROW ESCAPE.

“When I was wounded I lost everything—kilt, boots, shirts, socks, cap, and even my chums.”

So writes Private T. Hunter, of the 4th Black Watch, to his wife, who resides at 36 Hilltown, Dundee.  Private Hunter lies in West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, suffering from a gunshot wound in the cheek.  Referring to the wound, he states that the bullet entered the cheek, passed through the upper jaw and the roof of the mouth, and came out through the left side of the neck. “A very narrow escape.” He adds.

In his letter Private Hunter makes no mention of how and when he was wounded, but it seems to have been near the end of March, as his wife received intimation from the War Office yesterday that he was admitted to a Boulogne hospital on the 30th of last month.

Private Hunter is thirty years of age. He joined “Dundee’s Own” in October, being formerly employed as a shunter on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway.

Dundee Courier 17th April 1915

Information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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