Alan Edwin George HOOK MM

HOOK, Alan Edwin George

    Service Number: 4622
    Enlisted: 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Plasterer
    Died: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4622, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW
    15 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4622, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    15 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4622, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
    14 May 1919: Honoured Military Medal, On 23 August 1918 during operations east of Proyart he was employed as the Battalion runner. He set and excellent example of devotion to duty with his prompt delivery of the messages entrusted to him despite having to through heavy shelling and a gassed area. London Gazette on 14 May 1919, page 6058, position 30 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1365, position 83
    3 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4622, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry S.L. Hook and Helen Hook of Burlington Street, North Sydney, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 April 1919 aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 11 June 1919

    Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1922c Alan married Sarah E. Neale in Sydney, NSW

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