William Henry HOCKEY

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Service Number:	66561
Enlisted:	10 August 1918, Enlisted at Rockdale, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW)
Born:	Rockley, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1882
Home Town:	Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, 4 November 1950, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican area AH, Grave 0524
Memorials:

10 Aug 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66561, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Rockdale, NSW
22 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 66561, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1918:	Embarked Private, 66561, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Boonah, Adelaide
7 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66561, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Henry Hockey and Frances Jane Hockey of King Street, Rockdale, NSW

Troopship HT Boonah was recalled and he disembarked at Adelaide on 20 December 1918 before travelling to Sydney for discharge

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Edith A. Hockey nee Haddock. William and Edith married during 1930c in Sydney, NSW