George Henry HOOK

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Service Number:	550
Enlisted:	16 December 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 24 April 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Plot Lawn 1A, Grave 22
Memorials:

16 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 550, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Railway Unit (AIF)
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement 550, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked 550, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
26 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 550, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Sion Hook and Elizabeth Hook nee Greaves if Williamstown, Victoria

Husband of Irene May Hook of Albert Street, Williamstown, Victoria. Father of Douglas Hook, Helena Hook, Jeffrey Hook, Richard Hook and Hedley Hook

Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard Konigin Luise disembarking on 13 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal