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HOCKEY, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3839 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cane Cutter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3839, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3839, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3839, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3839, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded - compound fracture of the right thigh |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Hockey and Mary Hockey nee Perkins of Berry, NSW
Husband of Lorna Lavinia Hockey nee Vick of Valley, Brisbane, QLD formerly of Ballina, NSW. Edwin and Lorna married during 1915c in Casino, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1916 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 24 September 1916