Norman Atlee HOOK

HOOK, Norman Atlee

Service Number: 573
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wireman
Died: Bronchial pnuemonia, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 10 January 1969
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on 13 January 1969. Undertakers Garner & Son officiated
Memorials: Ballarat Victoria Street Baptist Church Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 573, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 573, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 573, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the left hand. Transferred to Malta on 18 May 1925.
24 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, In England
27 Mar 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 39th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the left foot
8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the left leg
12 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 573, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounds to the left leg

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Hook and Mary Ann Hook nee Vincent of Barkly Street, Footscray, Victoria formerly of Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HS Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919

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

Husband of Margaret Scott Hook nee Laird of Cleeland Street, Dandenong, Victoria formerly of Queens Cross, Glasgow, Scotland. Norman and Margaret married on 10 October 1918 in the St. Margarets Parish Church, Glasgow, Scotland. Rev. Francis A. Brown officiated

Post war he was employed as a railway repairer from 1938 to 1953

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