Francis Darnley HOOKEY MM*

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HOOKEY, Francis Darnley

Service Number:	2081
Enlisted:	27 April 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Quirindi, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremation wall
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World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2081, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2081, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2081, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
12 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 36th Infantry Battalion, At Rouen, France
16 Aug 1917:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, Military Medal: London Gazette on 16 August 1917, page 8427, position 84 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 1917, London Gazette Bar to the Military Medal: 23 February 1918 on page 2412, position 6, page 3377, position 83 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 July 1918, page 1587, position 10
28 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2081, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the leg
22 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2081, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Darnley Charles Hookey and Mary Matilda Hookey nee Annal of Melbourne, Victoria

At the time of enlistment he was residing in Quirindi, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Walter James Hookey of Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Walter returned to Australia on 22 April 1919 having served with the 8th Battalion

Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 31 March 1919

Medals: Military Medal & Bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Francis married Elsie Louisa Falle in Paddington, NSW

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