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HOOKWAY, Ernest James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 22326 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Fitter |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bedeford, Devon, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | Roleystone, Western Australia, 14 November 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes scattered over the Karrakatta gardens. Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22326, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 22326, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 22326, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Fitter, 22326, Wound to the buttock. Embarked for England on 19 October 1917 aboard HS Pieter de Conick | |
| 10 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Fitter, 22326, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Second occasion. Wound to the hand | |
| 18 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Fitter, 22326, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Third occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 25 October 1918 | |
| 26 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Fitter, 22326, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Maude Pound of Wellington Street, Perth, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking 19 April 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1926c Ernest married Amy Harbisher in Perth, WA