Joseph Lachlan HOOD

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Service Number:	3355
Enlisted:	4 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	State School Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

4 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3355, 24th Infantry Battalion
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3355, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3355, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
18 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3355, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3355 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-18

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Brother: 2661 Pte Edward Duncan HOOD, 29th Bn, killed in action, 27 October 1916.