Augustus James HOOK

HOOK, Augustus James

    Service Number: 4507
    Enlisted: 26 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mittagong, New South Wales, 1891
    Home Town: Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Katoomba, New South Wales, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Wentworth Falls Holy Trinity Church WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4507, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    27 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4507, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
    15 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4507, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4507, 1st Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right hand and arm
    13 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4507, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Francis Augustus Hook and Ellen Hook of Wentworth Falls, NSW.

    Brother of Arthur Alfred Hook who returned to Australia on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney having served with the 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic disembarking on 14 February 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Augustus married Jessie I. Marshall in St. Leonards, NSW

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