James HOOK MM

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Service Number:	2082
Enlisted:	5 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Tully State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Commercial Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	Dochy Farm New British Cemetery Plot X1, Row A, Grave 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll

5 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2082, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2082, 37th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2082, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
1 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2082, 37th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2082 awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-12
1 Feb 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry in action East of Ypres on 4 October 1917. This N.C.O. single handed rushed an enemy Machine gun position, killing two of its crew with the bayonet and capturing the gun. later, he entered by himself a German dugout and captured ten prisoners London Gazette on 28 January 1918, page 1403, position 62 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1390, position 90

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Son of Edward Hook and Fanny Hook nee Eldridge of Ararat, Victoria

Husband of Susannah Hook nee Blandford of Church Street, Dimboola, Victoria, James and Susannah married during 1913c in Victoria

Father of Jessie Florence Hook and James Roy Hook

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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