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HOCKEY, Leslie James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5378 |
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Enlisted: | 2 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Hornsdale, Northern Areas, South Australia |
Schooling: | Hornsdale Public School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 November 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Plot 111, Row A, Grave 37 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caltowie Cemetery Methodist Church WW1 Memorial, Caltowie District WW1 Roll of Honour, Caltowie Soldiers Memorial Hall, Jamestown Caltowie Honour Roll, Jamestown Hornsdale Roll of Honor, Jamestown Methodist Church WW1 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5378, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5378, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5378, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his guardian(uncle) William Hockey of Jamestown, SA
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated Caltowie Cemetery formerly in Caltowie Methodist Church Roll of Honour, and on Caltowie War Memorial Tablet, SA