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HOCKEY, Harold
Service Numbers: | 976, R1215 |
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Enlisted: | 5 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | laborer |
Died: | Springbank, South Australia, 21 April 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Interred on 23 April 1959. Originally buried in Acacia B, Path BU, Grave 177A. Now expired |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
5 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, R1215, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, R1215, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
5 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh | |
20 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Hockey and Elizabeth Hockey nee Murphy of Clunes, Victoria
Next of kin given as his sister Muriel Hockey of Crystal Street, Broken Hill, NSW
Returned to Australia aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on 28 March 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 27 March 1926 Harold married Maud Hayes in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide
At the time of his death he was residing in Fullarton, SA