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HOCKEY, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 735 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 29 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Promoted when taken on strength | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 15 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 735, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Ivy Hockey of Cobar, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire from Suez disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1927 he was residing at Crookwell, NSW and in 1961 he was residing in Murray Street, Cootamundra, NSW