Calvert Hamilton Hunter
Calvert Hamilton Hunter
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These paragraphs are meant to remember the life of Calvert Hamiliton Hunter and tell his story. This goes over his background, his career in the canadian air force, and his death and memorial.
This covers the background of Calvert Hamiltion Hunter. Calvert was born on April 19, 1912, to James Blake Hunter, and Helena Augusta Calvert Hunter, his parents. He grew up living at 7 Linden terrace with his parents and one sister . His father worked as the Deputy Minister of Public Works .Growing up Calvert went on to to attend Lisgar and Glebe Collegiate for his highschool later going on to attend the university of Toronto for engineering for two years, switching over to Queens university to study the arts for an additional year. Calvert never married and stayed single. Calvert was described to be thin and sharp, being 5 feet 7 inches, and 122 pounds. He had hazel eyes and dark brown hair having a dark skin complexion. Calvert was a very pleasant person to be around being described as confident, mature, and educated. This concludes his background before moving on to the military.
This is the military record of Calvert Hamilton Hunter. He enlisted for the army on the 18th of November 1940, at the RCAF Centre in Ottawa, Canada. Mr Hunter’s job at the time of enlistment was a clerk. Calvert was a pilot the whole time he was in the army, however he recieved promotions. On the first of December, 1942, he got promoted to a flight sergeant, then to a WO (warrant officer) second class, and finally on April 7th 1943. He also won a Canadian Voulenteer Service Medal and a Ribbon of maple leaf emblem on January 15th, 1944. He had been admitted to hospital before due to bronchitis, in February 1941, and was released a month later in March. His military career ended brutally and abruptly as he died in a plane accident February 1944.
The death and memorial of Calvert Hamilton Hunter. Calvert went for his list flight on February 20th, 1944, Calvert was killed overseas during flying operations with the R.C.A.F . His funeral took place on February 25 at the Brookwood military cemetery in Surrey, UK. This cemetery is for people who died of battle wounds in London. This cemetery hold allied casualties but also german and Italian pilots who were prisoners of war. You can find Calverts Hamilton Hunter's name on the 340th page of the second world war Book of Rememberance.
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Glebe Collegiate Institute
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
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