Alfred Volney HOCKEY MM

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Service Number:	3781
Enlisted:	29 August 1917, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Train
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Area 1G, Row 7, Grave 406
Memorials:	Warwick War Memorial Gates

29 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3781, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
31 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 3781, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1917:	Embarked Private, 3781, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
14 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3781, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
29 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion
12 Oct 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, On 10 August 1918, at Bray-sur-Somme, he attacked unaided a German post with bomb and rifle fire killing two Germans and taking five prisoners. Throughout the operation he showed marked bravery obtaining very useful information when acting as a scout. London Gazette on 14 May 1919, page 6058, position 15 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1364, position 41
12 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Train, From 49th Battalion
12 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Train, Promoted when taken on strength but revert to Private on 11 March 1919
29 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3781, 4th Divisional Train, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Lewis Walter Hockey and Matilda Hockey nee Hammer of Goulburn, NSW

Husband of Clara Hockey nee Ford of Fitzroy Street, Warwixk, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on 27 November 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal