John Cameron (Jock) HOOD

HOOD, John Cameron

Service Number: SX8063
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
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World War 2 Service

5 Jul 1940: Involvement Craftsman, SX8063
5 Jul 1940: Enlisted Wayville, SA
5 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (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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Biography 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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