The headstone of 3504 Private (Pte) John Hunter, 49th Battalion of Nanango, Qld, at Buttes ...

Accession Number P07023.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Bennett, Peter
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Zonnebeke
Date made October 2007
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

The headstone of 3504 Private (Pte) John Hunter, 49th Battalion of Nanango, Qld, at Buttes Military Cemetery, Zonnebeke, Belgium. The bodies of five Australian soldiers were discovered in 2006 during a pipeline excavation near Westhoek, Belgium. The Australian Government and Australian Army History Unit worked with Belgian authorities to identify the remains. Two of the soldiers - 1868 Sergeant George Calder, 51st Battalion, and Pte John Hunter were identified in 2007 through DNA analysis. A third soldier, 2488 Pte George Richard Storey, 51st Battalion, was identified from further DNA testing in 2008.