Robert HOOK

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Service Number:	2640
Enlisted:	21 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1889
Home Town:	Linda, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

21 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2640, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2640, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
18 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2640, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
26 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2640, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic otitis media

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Address at the time of enlistment was Linda Valley (Linda)

Son of Henry Hook and Mary Hook nee Lane of Fulham, England

Next of kin given as Alice Maisie Osmond of Cecil Street, South Melbourne. Robert and Alice married during 1917c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 21 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal