Arthur James Bishop HANCOCK

HANCOCK, Arthur James Bishop

    Service Number: 901
    Enlisted: 6 March 1916, Horsham, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maryborough, Victoria, September 1889
    Home Town: Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Warracknabeal War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 901, Horsham, Victoria
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 901, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 901, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    13 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 901, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 901 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    Cousin of;

    4506 Pte. Albert John Hancock (/explore/people/351424) (/explore/people/351424), 57th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action, Belgium 14 Oct 1917

    814 Lce.-Cpl. Samuel Richard Bishop (/explore/people/131624) (/explore/people/131624), 16th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action at Gallipoli, 10 Aug 1915

     

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