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Colbert Emmanuel Hunkin

Born 21 Oct 1893 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia

Ancestors

Son of William Henry Hunkin and Emma Jane (Phillips) Hunkin

Brother of Emma (Hunkin) Sampson, Florence Hunkin, Elsie (Hunkin) Tregoning, William Herbert Hunkin and Ernest John Hunkin

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 1957 at about age 63 in Sout, Australia

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Profile last modified 11 Apr 2023 | Created 27 Nov 2020

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1 Biography
2 Records and Facts
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Sergeant Colbert Hunkin served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 24 February 1916
Unit(s): 39th Infantry Battalion, D Company
Service ended: 28 March 1919

Colbert Emmanuel Hunkin was born on 21 October 1893 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, son of William Henry Hunkin (1848–1917) and Emma Jane Phillips (about 1848–1918).^[1]

His siblings were:

Emma Hunkin (1881 – 25 August 1972)
Florence Hunkin (23 April 1883 – 31 March 1898)
Elsie Hunkin (17 August 1887 – 30 October 1960)
William Herbert Hunkin (06 December 1888 – 26 December 1966)
Ernest John Hunkin (03 May 1891 – 1973)

Colbert died in 1957 in Sout, Australia, aged 63.^[2]

Records and Facts

Birth

^[3]

Name:	Corbet Emanuel Hunkin
Event Type:	Birth
Event Date:	21 Oct 1893
Event Place:	Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia
Sex:	Male
Father's Name:	William Henry Hunkin
Mother's Name:	Phillips Emma Jane Hunkin
Registration Number:	74

Military

^[4]

Name:	Colbert Emmanuel HUNKIN
Regimental number	1185
Place of birth	Beaconsfield Tas
Religion	Methodist
Occupation	Optician
Address	46 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	22
Next of kin	Father, William Henry Hunkin, 146 Brunswick Road, West Brunswick, Victoria
Enlistment date	1 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	13 March 1916
Rank on enlistment	Corporal
Unit name	39th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/56/1
Embarkation details Unit	embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll	Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll	39th Battalion
Fate	Returned to Australia 28 March 1919

Burial

^[5]

Name:	Colbert Emanuel Hunkin
Death or Burial Place:	Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia
Cemetery:	The South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Death Date:	04 Oct 1957
Event Type:	Burial
Photograph Included:	N

Sources

↑ *"Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-5S3P : 13 March 2020), Corbet Emanuel Hunkin, 21 Oct 1893; citing Birth 21 Oct 1893, Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, line #185688, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,126. Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933
↑ *"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:HSK9-HK18 : 7 February 2023), Entry for Colbert Emanuel Hunkin, ; Burial, Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia, The South Australian Garden of Remembrance; citing record ID 248467526, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
↑ *"Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27M-5S3P : 13 March 2020), Corbet Emanuel Hunkin, 21 Oct 1893; citing Birth 21 Oct 1893, Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia, line #185688, Archives Office of Tasmania, Hobart; FHL microfilm 7,368,126. Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933
↑ The AIF Project; https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=146955
↑ *"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:HSK9-HK18 : 7 February 2023), Entry for Colbert Emanuel Hunkin, ; Burial, Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia, The South Australian Garden of Remembrance; citing record ID 248467526, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgements

"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 September 2022, 02:59), entry for Colbet Emanuel Hunkin (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G4RZ-2D1 ); contributed by various users.