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HANCOCK, Harold Bertram
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 717, S212751, S66666 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Service record endorsed "Not to embark before 19th Birthday" |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Burra, SA, 11 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Somerton, South Australia, Australia , 9 January 1969, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Ashes Placed in the Rose Border Garden together with his wife, Grace, and other family members |
| Memorials: | Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 717, 8th Machine Gun Company, Service record endorsed "Not to embark before 19th Birthday" | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 717, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Per service record - from UK | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 717, 43rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Wounded 2nd occasion. Details of first incident not apparent in record. GSW Chest evacuated to England 13 April 1918. Hospitalised Queen ALexandra Hospital Bernondsey, Invalided to Australia | |
| 24 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 717, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 717, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged 4 MD Keswick Barracks |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jan 1940: | Involvement Private, S212751 | |
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| 2 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
| 2 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212751 | |
| 24 Jan 1941: | Discharged | |
| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S66666 | |
| 12 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, S66666, 1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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