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BOCK, Arthur Albert

Service Numbers:	3698, Officer
Enlisted:	22 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendleby, South Australia, 10 September 1883
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police Sergeant
Died:	Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1966, aged 82 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Wall: 6 Row: J
Memorials:	Corinda Sherwood Shire Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

22 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3698, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3698, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW (both legs)
20 Sep 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Menin Road, ...for conspicuous gallantry, when on 20 Sep 1917 at Westhoek Ridge (Belgium) he came across four concrete dugouts. With torch in one hand and revolver in the other he single handed captured seventeen prisoners. He then continued to lead his platoon with great coolness and courage until severely wounded in both legs
2 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 25th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Rank of Lieutenant (02 Nov 1917). Awarded Military Cross 14 Oct 1917