Coming Soon.
HANCOCK, Thomas Valentine
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1771 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Barellan, Narrandera, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Junee Public School |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Junee Reefs War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1771, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
---|---|---|
17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1771, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1771, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Thomas Valentine Hancock's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John E. Hancock and Alice Hancock of Wilga Vale, Barellen, NSW. Brother of Vivian Richard Claude Hancok who was killed in action on 6 August 1915 while serving with the 4th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Lone Memorial. Panel 22
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal