Frederick (Fred) HANCOCK

Frederick (Fred) HANCOCK Update Details

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Service Number:	1
Enlisted:	15 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Brigade HQ
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, 28 May 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (struck by plane prop), Alligator Creek, Queensland, 13 October 1930, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Portion 25, Section 42, Grave Number 12
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ
22 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
22 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
20 Jan 1918:	Imprisoned Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Captured by Turkish Forces and interned at Psamatia camp.
12 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ

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