Walter Lytton HOOKE

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Service Number:	2100
Enlisted:	12 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Motor Transport Company
Born:	Hithergreen, London, England, April 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, May 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 28 May 1969 and were collected
Memorials:

12 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2100, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 2100, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 2100, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
16 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 300th Company Mechanical Transport
13 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Division Supply Column
12 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Motor Transport Company
24 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2100, 2nd Motor Transport Company, Discharged at Mondicourt, Pas de Calais, France

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Address at the time of enlistment was Exford Hotel, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Son of Walter Edmund Hooke and Helena (Lena) Kate Hooke nee Folkes of Rye House, Kensington, Hyde Park, London, England.

Husband of Germaine Henriette Hooke nee Lebert

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal