HOSKING, John Waters
| Service Numbers: | 8888, 21, N351348 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 27th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Bungeeluke, Victoria, Australia, 18 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Wycheproof, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1957, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peak Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Peak Hill Dunmore and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Peak Hill and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Towaninnie Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Wycheproof Dumosa & Towaninnie Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8888, 4th Light Horse Brigade, Ammunition Reserve | |
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| 22 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 21, 4th Light Horse Brigade, Ammunition Reserve, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
| 22 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 21, 4th Light Horse Brigade, Ammunition Reserve, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8888, 20th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N351348, 27th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 17 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N351348, 27th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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When John 'Jack' Waters HOSKING was born on 18 August 1885 in Bungeluke, Victoria, his father, James, was 30 and his mother, Mary, was 22. Shortly after he was discharged from his WWI Military service he married Olive May BELL in September 1919 in Peak Hill, New South Wales. They had five children during their marriage. He died on 25 May 1957 at the age of 71, and was buried in Peak Hill, New South Wales.
In April 1942 order to enlist in WWII and meet the cut off age of 45, he lied about his age saying he was born in 1896 which made him 45 almost 46, however his actual age was 56 almost 57.
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