HOKIN, Thomas William
| Service Number: | V65210 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 10 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Ravenswood, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1993, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V65210, 38 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 17 Nov 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V65210, 38 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Thomas was the fourth of five children of James Rickard Hokin (b1878 in Maldon, Victoria) and Grace Murrell (b1880 in Tumbarumba, NSW). James - a Farmer - and Grace married in 1903 in Maldon, Victoria where theys ettled and raised their family.
Thomas was working as a Farm Hand in Ravenswood, Victoria when he enlisted in the ACMF in March 1941. He was a Private (Service No:V65210) attached to 38 Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1942.
In 1951 Thomas - a Farm Hand in Ravenswood - married Ida Lorraine Paynter (b1917 in Wyecheproof, Victoria) in Geelong, Victoria. Ida - a Tailoress in Geelong had served with the Australian Women's Army Service (Private; Service No:VF516400) in WWII.
Thomas and Ida setteld in Ravenswood, where Thomas worked as a Farm Hand. In the mid 1960s they moved into Geelong where Thomas was a Labourer (Railways). Ida died in January 1993 and Thomas died in June 1993.