Ernest Richard HOOKWAY DCM

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HOOKWAY, Ernest Richard

Service Number:	1049
Enlisted:	4 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plymouth, England, 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

4 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
22 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the head
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the head
14 Oct 1918:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Citation reads: He was No. 1 of a Lewis gun in the attack on 3 October 1918, near Estrees, north of St. Quentin. The left flank of his battalion was held up by machine gun fire and could not pass the wire. He worked forward through the wire, and pushed his Lewis gun forward, and then opened fire and, although an enemy machine gun engaged him at close range, continued to fire and cover the approach of a party of our men. He was wounded by machine gun fire, but carried on, so enabling this party to reach a strong post of the enemy. He showed great gallantry. London Gazette on 12 March 1919, page 3392, position 36 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 1012, position 42
10 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1049, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Charles Hookway and Elizabeth Ann Hookway nee Rundle of Plymouth, England

Next of kin given as his brother William Edwin Hookway of Wells Street, Plymouth, England

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919 aboard HT Chemnitz disembarking on 8 September 1919

Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, !914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Ernest married Mary M. Scanlon in Sydney, NSW

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