John Pengilly HOSKING

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Service Numbers:	4989, 4989A
Enlisted:	28 September 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 April 1896
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Pulteney Grammar School
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 8 July 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot: III. E. 5., Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4989, Adelaide, South Australia
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4989, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4989, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
7 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4989A, 50th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", Shell wound (arm)
8 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4989A, 50th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

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John Pengilly HOSKING was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 11th April, 1896

His parents were Richard HOSKING and Letitia PENGILLY

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