Edwin Percy HOCKEY

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Service Number:	898
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, An original of H Company
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Camberwell, London, England, December 1894
Home Town:	Noradjuha, Horsham, Victoria
Schooling:	Southend Technical School, Southend on Sea, England
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 30
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 898, 8th Infantry Battalion, An original of H Company
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 898, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 898, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 898, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 898 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Arrived in Australia aged 18 years. Address at the time of enlistment 'Noradjuha', Horsham, Victoria

Son of Albert Edwin Hockey and Elizabeth Hockey nee Gilbert of 'Mentmore', Victoria Avenue, Southend on the Sea, Essex, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal