HOY, William John Alexander
| Service Number: | 2122 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Master Mariner |
| Died: | Meningitis, Lucknow Isolation Hospital, Tidworth, England, United Kingdom, 13 October 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bulford Church Cemetery, Wiltshire, England Personal Inscription IN EVERLASTING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FATHER Grave 4. 2. 14., |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Truro War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2122, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 16 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2122, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2122, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2122, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2122 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-10-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"THE LATE GUNNER W. J. HOY.
Mrs. J. H. Fairey, of Truro, recently received the sad intelligence that her eldest son, Gunner W. J. Hoy, had died at Tidworth Hospital, England. Gunner Hoy left Adelaide last March, and was at the Bulford Training School, England, when he was suddenly seized with an attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis and died on October 13. Gunner Hoy was born at Exeter, and was a son of the well-known harbormaster, the late Captain Hoy, of Port Germein. He was educated at Port Pirle, and spent most of his time there. He was well known and highly respected, and liked by all with whom he came in contact. Prior to enlisting Gunner Hoy was in charge of the steam tug Reliance at Port Pirie. Gunner Hoy left a widow and two young sons, at present in Victoria. He was a brother of Mr. J. E. Hoy, Port Augusta; Mrs. G. Sandery, Alberton; and Mrs. R. Jesser, of the Burra." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 25 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 13th October…… William John Alexander Hoy was born at Glanville, near Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1881. He married Gertrude Shelton in the district of Port Adelaide in 1903. They had 2 children (1902 & 1905). William’s wife – Gertrude Hoy died in 1909.
William John Hoy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th January, 1916 as a 34 year old, widower with 2 children & a Master Mariner from Adelaide, South Australia.
Private William John Hoy embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Anchises (A68) on 16 March, 1916 & disembarked at Egypt (date not recorded). He reported for duty at Tel-el-Kebir with the Training Regiment on 15th April, 1916.
Private Hoy was transferred to Artillery Details at Tel-el-Kebir on 14th May, 1916 with the rank of Gunner.
Gunner Hoy embarked from Alexandria on H.M.T. Corsican on 28th May, 1916.
Gunner Hoy was marched in to A. A. T. D. at Parkhouse, England on 28th September, 1916. He was admitted to Tidworth General Hospital on 15th July, 1916 with Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Gunner William John Hoy died on 13th October, 1916 at Lucknow Isolation Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
He was buried in Bulford Church Cemetery, Wiltshire where 14 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/bulford---wiltshire.html
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