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HOOKEY, Walter James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5691 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1926, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Methodist new area 3A, Zone F, Grave 601. Interred on the 19 August 1926. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5691, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5691, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5691, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5691, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 30 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5691, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Darnley Charles Hookey and Mary Matilda Hookey nee Annal of Melbourne, Victoria
Brother of Francis Darnley Hookey MM & Bar who returned to Australia on 31 March 1919 having served with the 36th and 34th Battalions
Husband of Florence May Hookey nee Curley of City Road, South Melbourne, Victoria. Walter and Florence married during 1910c in Victoria. Florence died in 1914.
Next of kin given as Florence's mother E. Curley
Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on 22 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal