Albert John (Jack) HANDCOCK

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HANDCOCK, Albert John

Service Number:	1350
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Myrrhee, Wangaratta - Victoria, Australia, February 1892
Home Town:	Myrrhee, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 29
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Oxley War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
22 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, Embarked with the HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1350, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 7th Battalion landed at North Beach and suffered heavy casualties

The Handcocks

Albert John was the first of eight brothers to sign up from the family of Charles and Harriet Handcock, from the Upper Fifteen Mile Creek area of Myrrhee in North East Victoria. It is said that the Handcock family had the world record for number of sons enlisting for WWI. Of the brothers Albert John was the only member to be killed in action (Gallipoli landing). Another brother, Charles Handcock died of influenza in November 1918. The other six brothers survived WWI, although Reginald had his right leg amputated below the knee due to a gunshot wound at Pozieres in August 1916.

Then as now the Handcock's are a well regarded family of hop farmers whose hop gardens have had continual production since the 1890's.

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