William Joseph HOOK

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Service Number:	6811
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical Engineer
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall
Memorials:

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6811, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 6811, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 6811, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
21 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6811, Discharged at the 2nd Military District. Attached to 4th Signal Troop

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Son of Thomas Hook and Edith Emily Jane Gertrude Hook of Augustus Road, Manly, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 29 July 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 29 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1935c William married Bessie May Wilkinson in Manly, NSW