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HOSKING, John Milner
| Service Number: | 21473 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1917, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 15 September 1899 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | April 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia General AF, Path 9 Grave 323 |
| Memorials: | Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 21473, Sea Transport Staff, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 30 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 21473, Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 21473, Sea Transport Staff, SS Gaika, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 21473 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
21473 John Milner HOSKING was born at Bunbury, Western Australia, on 15 September 1899 to Ebenezer and Jessie Hosking. He was enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 21 January 1914 by his father, Ebenezer Hosking, storekeeper, of Commercial Street, Mount Gambier. He left the school on 31 July 1914.
He enlisted in Adelaide on 7 July 1917 (18, clerk, single, Methodist) naming his father, Ebenezer Hosking of Florence Street, Fullarton, as his next of kin. He was attached to the Australian Army Medical Corps on 12 September 1917 and on 26 July 1918 was detailed to No.5 Sea Transport Section and entrained for Sydney for embarkation. He embarked from there on the ‘Gaika’ on 30 July 1918, disembarked at London on 13 October 1918 and was attached to the Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot until leaving England on the ‘Suevic’ for return to Australia. He disembarked on 5 January 1919 and was discharged on 27 January.
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