Charles Mason HOOKWAY

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Service Number:	3878
Enlisted:	15 November 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	London, England, 1882
Home Town:	Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 24 April 1956, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Wesleyan area, Section BA, Grave 0513
Memorials:

15 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3878, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
30 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3878, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3878, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
10 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3878, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
10 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion.
3 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), In France
30 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3878, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Samuel Hookway and Hannah Hook of Railway Road, Subiaco, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1919 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 25 October 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Perth

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Charles married Bertha M. Jones in Perth, WA