Background
Hunter was born in Hackney, London, the only son of Ellis Hunter, and was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Hunter was born in Hackney, London, the only son of Ellis Hunter, and was educated at Bedford Modern School.
He was educated at Keble College, Oxford, and ordained in 1922.
He entered the Royal Naval Air Service as a probationary flight officer (temporary), appointed to HMS President, on 1 October 1916, and after completing his training was commissioned as a flight sub-lieutenant on 13 June 1917. Hunter joined Number. 4 Squadron, flying a Sopwith Camel, in July. On 3 September, he and Flight Sub-Lieutenant K. V. Turney drove down a German observation plane out of control.
Hunter was promoted to flight lieutenant on 31 December 1917.
His next victory came on 21 March 1918 when he destroyed a Pfalz Doctorate.III off Middelkerke, and he destroyed another on the 26th. Soon after, on 1 April, the Army"s Royal Flying Corps (Reconstruction Finance Corporation) and the Royal Naval Air Service (Royal Naval Air Service) were merged to form the Royal Air Force, and Number.
4 Naval Squadron was renamed Number. 204 Squadron Royal Air Force. On 16 July 1918 Hunter was appointed a temporary captain while serving as a flight commander.
He continued to score sporadically until 12 August, when he flamed one Fokker Doctorate.VII, destroyed another, and drove a third down out of control, to bring his total to 12.
His final tally was eight destroyed, four brought down out of control. Hunter was confirmed in the rank of captain on 21 January 1919, but left the Royal Air Force six months later, being transferred to the unemployed list, on 2 July. Ellis died in South Africa in 1971, and is buried in the cemetery at Somerset West, Western Cape.