S.E. Hunt

Studio portrait of 3244 Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Sinclair Edward Hunt, 55th Battalion, of Croydon, NSW. A school teacher prior to enlisting in September 1915, Hunt embarked from Sydney, as a private with the 17th Battalion, on board HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20 December 1915. In February 1916, in Egypt, he was transferred to the 55th Battalion. He arrived in France for service on the Western Front on 29 June 1916 and was promoted to Corporal in July. A promotion to the rank of Sergeant followed in April 1917. After undertaking an officer cadetship in England, he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in July 1918. 2nd Lt Hunt returned to service in France on 19 July and was killed in action at Mont St Quentin on 1 September 1918, aged 26.