Harold (Les) HOCKEY

Badge Number: S54031, Sub Branch: Adelaide
S54031

HOCKEY, Harold

Service Numbers: 976, R1215
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
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World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 976, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
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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Biography 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