Arthur Henry HOOKEY

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Service Number:	3033
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melboune, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, 1871
Home Town:	Malmsbury, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Date of death may be internment date. Plot OGNK, Row 2, Grave 106
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3033, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melboune, Victoria
16 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3033, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
16 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3033, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3033, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues and rheumatism

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Address at the time of enlistment was Harcourt Street, North Melbourne, Victoria. Marital status given as married but separated

Son of Thomas Hookey and Elizabeth Hookey nee Boalen of Victoria

Next of kin given as a friend John Blake of Molesworth Street, North Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1916 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 24 September 1916

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal