HOCKING, George
| Service Number: | S213423 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1940, Cheltenham, SA |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Tottenham, Middlesex, England, 29 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Torrensville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 15 August 1963, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1940: | Involvement S213423 | |
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| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Cheltenham, SA | |
| 27 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, S213423 | |
| 16 Jan 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zidane McNamara
Hocking was a pre-war regular, enlisting on February 7th, 1912 with the 1st Dragoons and Royal Scots Grey. He was an old contemptible of the B.E.F, and arrived in France on October 8th, 1914 with the 1st Dragoons. George recieved a gunshot wound in the jaw on June 2nd, 1915. Promoted to (unpaid) Lance Corporal on November 6th, 1915. He winded up transferring to the 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment on September 23rd, 1917. Wounded again in October 1917, he would leave France to England for the last time on October 30th, 1917. He was in England for the rest of the war.
He went to Australia after the war and joined the Australian Forces. He earned the rank of Temorary Warrant Officer Class two and served in mostly administrative roles throughout 1940-44.
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