Anthony “Tony” Hunter
Captain · #58117 · T2 Patrol · MC, MID, MM
| Rank | Captain |
|---|---|
| Service number | #58117 |
| Patrol | T2 Patrol |
| Regiment | Royal Scots |
| Known as | “Tony” |
| Honours | MC, MID, MM |
What this roll records
A NOTE ON THE HONOURS. This card’s honours field reads “MC, MID, MM”. O’Carroll gives him as “Maj. A. D. N. Hunter, MC” — the Military Cross alone — and the Military Medal traces to Kennedy Shaw’s honours list rather than to any citation. A search of the Auckland Museum’s Online Cenotaph for 58117 returns no record, which is what would be expected for a British officer and means that source cannot help either way. The honours field has been left exactly as it stands; this note records the state of the evidence rather than resolving it. Source: The London Gazette.
PATROL COMMANDER of Y2 per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group", Appendix 4 Patrol Commanders.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): CO Y2 Patrol
Honours added from LRDG Honours & Awards list (Middle East 1940–43): MM. Source: W.B. Kennedy-Shaw, “Long Range Desert Group” (original honours & awards list, comp. D. Buxton).
North Africa — 22 Nov 1941: evaded capture. T2 Patrol commander; narrowly escaped capture on the Mechili–Derna road. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): Maj. A. D. N. Hunter, MC — Royal Tank Regiment; patrol commander LRDG.
Patrol commander: commanded T2 Patrol. Kiwi Scorpions (Appendix II — Commanders of NZ Patrols).
Commanded T2 patrol in the November 1941 operations; ambushed near Mechili while searching for the captured Lance-Corporal Porter, he evaded capture and made his way back to the Wadi Heleighima rendezvous. Source: ‘Long Range Desert Group in Libya, 1940–41’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Royal Tank Regiment. MC. Patrol commander LRDG. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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