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HOOK, George William Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6273 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6273, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW. | |
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| 21 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6273, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6273, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Field Company Engineers, In the field. From 1st Field Company Engineers | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 21 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 6273, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Discharged at 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Emanuel Edward Hook and Eleanor Mona Hook of Oxley/Atchison Street, North Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HY Soudan disembarking on 3 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c George married Ruby M. Woodgate in Sydney, NSW