HOOD, John Cameron
| Service Number: | SX8063 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1940, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bordertown, SA, 20 June 1916 |
| Home Town: | Berri, Berri and Barmera, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Berri, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Employed at Berri Co. Packing Shed |
| Died: | Illness, Australia, 4 September 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Atherton War Cemetery, Queensland A B 8, Atherton War Cemetery, Atherton, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand & Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1940: | Involvement Craftsman, SX8063 | |
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| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX8063, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James Edward and Jessie Ann Hood; husband of Daphne Verdun Mary Hood, of Thebarton, South Australia.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Pte. J C Hood (Jock) AIF Returned 2/48th Batt. Aged 27 Married with one daughter, Yvonne. Son of Mr and Mrs JE Hood of Veitch. He was a keen footballer and captained the brilliant Berri eighteen. Also played a good bat in cricket. In civil life he was employed at Berri Co Packing Shed. Enlisted from Berri in May 1940. Served in all desert campaigns in the Middle East. Was wounded at Tobruk in 1941. Went to Syria and afterwards fought at the battle of El Alamein wiht 9th Division. Returned to Australia on February 1943. He died of illness on September 4 1943 and was laid to rest on 5th September in Arthurton Military Cemetery, Queensland. Record inserted by his wife, Daphne V Hood of Randolph Street Therbarton.
Infromation from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.
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