John Hunter, Sgt.
Personal information
Age 30
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of George and Elizabeth Hunter. Husband of Lily Hunter, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, Northumberland, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 3596799
Rank Sgt.
Function Unknown
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron A Company
Unit / Group 1st Airlanding Brigade 1st Airborne Battalion
Division / Transport / Command 1st Airborne Division
Regiment Border Regiment
Death information
Died when 20-9-1944
Died where Oosterbeek
Spot Sonnenberg area
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 28-A-3
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

North of the Sonnenberg in the area of the graftombe was A-company postioned In the morning at 10.00 the enemy began an attack supported by a self-propelled gun. Sgt.Hunter was killed by this gun on his way to visit the section. Until 1982 Sgt. Hunter was buried as an unknown soldier.

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John Hunter, Sgt.
Personal information
Age 30
Nationality British
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of George and Elizabeth Hunter. Husband of Lily Hunter, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, Northumberland, U.K.
Military information
Army Number 3596799
Rank Sgt.
Function Unknown
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron A Company
Unit / Group 1st Airlanding Brigade 1st Airborne Battalion
Division / Transport / Command 1st Airborne Division
Regiment Border Regiment
Death information
Died when 20-9-1944
Died where Oosterbeek
Spot Sonnenberg area
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 28-A-3
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

North of the Sonnenberg in the area of the graftombe was A-company postioned In the morning at 10.00 the enemy began an attack supported by a self-propelled gun. Sgt.Hunter was killed by this gun on his way to visit the section. Until 1982 Sgt. Hunter was buried as an unknown soldier.

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