Ernest Aldington Hunt was Archdeacon of Matabeleland from 1942 to 1954. Hunt was educated at the University of Queensland and ordained in 1920. After a curacy in Numurkah, New South Wales he held incumbencies at Wunghnu and Milawa. He also worked as a school master in Brisbane, Geelong and Toowoomba. He was Vicar of St John the Baptist, Newington from 1934 to 1941; a Chaplain to the Forces from 1935 to 1942; and of All Saints, Pocklington from 1941 until his appointment as Archdeacon.