2335 Oswald Phillip HUNT

Date of enlistment	15^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company; also attached to US 117^th Regiment
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Broodseinde Hospitalised sick Distinguished Conduct Medal District Court Martial

Photograph: Private Hunt, centre front, with other members of the 22nd Battalion, Franvillers, France May 1918.

Also, Private Hunt is pictured in the website banner photograph of C Company, again taken at Franvillers in May 1918. Private Hunt is sitting in the centre of the front row, 10th from the left.

Summary of Private Hunt’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
26^th December 1919	Australia	Discharged
18^th August 1919	Australia	Disembarked
4^th July 1919	England	Return to Australia on Norman
21^st April 1919	England	Discharged from hospital
1^st April 1919	England	To hospital sick
30^th January 1919	England	Disembarked Weymouth and marched in to 2 Training Brigade Codford
7^th December 1918	France	Proceeded on French leave for 17 days
7^th October 1918	France	Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal, attached to the US 117^th Regiment
21^st May 1918	France	Re-joined unit
11^th May 1918	France	Marched in to AIBD
8^th May 1918	England	Proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone
11^th April 1918	England	Marched in to Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill
16^th February 1918	England	District Court Martial. Award 4 months detention and forfeiture of 150 days pay
2^nd February 1918	England	Arrested in Manchester
18^th December 1917	England	Absent without leave. Declared illegal absentee by Court of Inquiry held at Hurdcott
20^th November 1917	England	Discharged and marched in to No.3 Convalescent Depot Hurdcott
16^th November 1917	England	Transferred to 2^nd Auxiliary Hospital Southall
16^th October 1917	England	Admitted Queen Mary’s Military Hospital Whalley, Clitheroe
15^th October 1917	France	Embarked for England on HS Stad Antwerpen
5^th October 1917	France	Admitted 18^th General Hospital, Camiers
4^th October 1917	Belgium	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound leg
29^th January 1917	France	Absent without leave – award 120 hours FP#2 and forfeiture of 7 days pay
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
21^st July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot