Charles Peter HOCKING

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HOCKING, Charles Peter

Service Number:	SX2767
Enlisted:	14 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australai, 7 March 1906
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Taxi Driver
Died:	South Australia, 20 June 1966, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia The South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

14 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX2767
14 May 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
14 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767
5 Nov 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked for Middle East on board HMT Strathellen
29 Mar 1941:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel Wounds
12 Mar 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Adelaide via Bombay on board SS Nieu Amsterdam
12 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby (HQ 18 Brigade)
12 Mar 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, embarked Port Moresby for Cairns
14 Feb 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, emplaned Mainland for Milne Bay
7 Mar 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767, embarked Finschafen for Brisbane on board Cape Perpetua
28 Aug 1945:	Discharged
28 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2767

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Charles Peter Hocking (Service No:SX2767) enlisted in the Army on 14 May 1940 and was attached to 2/9 Infantry Battalion on 5 November 1940 when he embarked for the Middle East on board HMT Strathellen. Private Hocking served in Palestine and Egypt and was WiA (shrapnel wounds) on 29 March 1941. He embarked from the Middle East for Adelaide via Bombay on 12 March 1942 on board the Nieu Amsterdam. Private Hocking served in New Guinea with HQ 18 Brigade (12 August 1942 - 7 March 1944) and was attached to HQ 9 Division at Discharge on 28 August 1945.

Charles was born at Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1904, eldest of five children of Hannibal Hocking (b1880 at Port Adelaide, South Australia) and Mary Ann Jamieson (b1883 at Glanville, South Australia). Hannibal and Mary married in Semaphore in 1903 and settled at Port Adelaide where they raised their family and Hannibal was an Engine Driver and Mary and Grocer.

Charles worked as a Taxi Driver and in 1928 married Beryl Stella Pomeroy (b1907 in Adelaide, South Australia). Charles and Beryl settled in Alberton, Port Adelaide where Charles was a Taxi Driver until his enlistment in 1940. Charles and beryl were divorced in 1945. Charles died in 1966.

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