Alfred George HOOK

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Service Number:	3129
Enlisted:	23 August 1915, Enlisted at Holswothy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Memorials:

23 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holswothy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company
10 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 14th Machine Gun Company, Shell shock resulting in being buried by a shell
17 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
7 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Neurasthenia

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Son of Thomas Hook and Edith E. Hook of Augusta Road, Manly, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 31 December 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal