Harold Jeffry HOCKING MM

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HOCKING, Harold Jeffry

Service Number:	3336
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Harris Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1897
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Summer Hill Public School
Occupation:	Marine Engineer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1958, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall
Memorials:	New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3336, 13th Infantry Battalion, Harris Park, NSW
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3336, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3336, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Francis J and Janet HOCKING, Elverton Boulevarde, Petersham, New South Wales.

Military Medal

Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 185
Date: 27 November 1918

Wounded Flers November 1916, rejoined unit and wounded on second occasion at Messines June 1917. Invalided to England where he underwent six months' treatement. Rejoined Battalion and seved until hostilities ceased.

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