 1875 - 1949 (74 years)
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| Name |
Donald Rolfe Hunt |
| Prefix |
Major |
| Born |
02 May 1875 |
Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, London  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Departure |
Mar 1896 |
Southampton |
| Sailed for South Africa atfer joining the Cape Mounted Rifles |
| Departure |
May 1899 |
East London, South Africa |
| Parents told him to return home |
| Occupation |
11 Nov 1899 |
The London Gazette
Publication date:14 November 1899
Issue:27135
Page:6817
Commissioned as 2nd Lt. in the 3rd Norfolk Regiment |
| Departure |
25 Feb 1900 |
Cork |
| Returned to South Africa |
| Departure |
1905 |
| Took leave to visit family at 15, Grimston Ave., Folkestone |
| Military Service |
26 Apr 1915 |
Trekkopjes |
| Present at the Battle of Trekkopjes with the 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish |
| Military Promotion |
9 Nov 1915 |
The London Gazette
Publication date:25 January 1916
Supplement:29453
Page:1111
4th South African Infantry (S.A. Scottish Regiment).
Captain
D. R. Hunt (since promoted temporary Major). 9th November, 1914. |
| Military Promotion |
6 Dec 1915 |
| Major in the South African Scottish (4th South African Infantry) |
| Military Service |
7 Dec 1916 |
Arras |
| On leave |
| Military Service |
12 Jan 1918 |
WO95 War diaries - "Major D.R.Hunt having proceeded to England on Special Duty is struck off the strength of the regiment".
His memoirs record - "Early in 1918 I was sent on special duty to join a force under General Dunsterville in the Middle East." |
| Died |
3 May 1949 |
Blackridge, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Age |
74 years |
| Person ID |
I6 |
The Hunt Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
6 Nov 2024 |
| Father |
Walter Freeman Hunt, b. 31 May 1845, Westminster, London, England , d. 15 Aug 1903, 15, Grimston Ave., Folkestone, Kent (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Mortimore, b. 04 Feb 1844, Camberwell, London , d. 30 Jun 1926, Felmingham, Norfolk (Age 82 years) |
| Married |
14 Jul 1870 |
| Census |
1871 |
25, Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington |
| Census |
1881 |
Sedgeford Hall, Sedgeford, Norfolk |
| Census |
1891 |
Sedgeford Hall, Sedgeford, Norfolk |
| Census |
1901 |
Hart Hill, St. John's Hill Rd., Woking, Surrey |
| Census |
1911 |
Lovells Hall, Terrington St Clements, Kings Lynn, Norfolk |
| Photos |
 | Whole Hunt Family at Sedgeford Hall probably in 1888
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| Family ID |
F1 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Donald Rolfe Hunt
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 | Richmond Team 1895
Back Row (L-R): H.W.T.Patterson, A.Rouillard, H.W.Dudgeon, W.Thorman, W.Ashford, R.O.Atcherley, D.R.Hunt.
Seated: H.T.Bell, C.A.Hooper, W.E.Bomet, E.Field, J.Calvanston, J.Hammond.
On Ground: G.L.F.Bullock, A.Bromet.
Published in a book named "Famous Footballers" in 1895 |
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| Notes |
- The University of Witwatersrand has a list of papers by Donald Rolfe Hunt
- Donald played for King Williamstown against the 1896 touring Lions. The King Williamstown match was played on 4th August 1896. According to the Lions website Donald played no. 14. The Lions won 25-0.
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