Thereafter, he read medicine at the University of Sydney, despite his poor background that forced him to earn money by coaching, he succeeded in winning practically all available prizes and scholarships.

He entered into camp, but in his absence his achievements had been recognised both by his fellow students and his teachers, resulting in Hunter being officially ordered to return to his studies.

[3] At Cambridge, Hunter became familiar with the methods of leading anatomical schools in Europe and made valuable contributions to the solution of problems raised by the Piltdown skull and Rhodesian remains in the British Museum.

Royle and Hunter that they invited them to deliver the Dr. John B. Murphy oration in surgery at New York's clinical congress in October 1924, attended by around 2500 surgeons from all over the world.

[2] Portraits by John Longstaff and William Beckwith McInnes were painted after his death; both hang in the Anderson Stuart building of the University of Sydney.

Bronze medallions, sculpted by Rayner Hoff, are held at Wesley College, the University and Fort Street High School.