David Cecil Spencer HANCOCK

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HANCOCK, David Cecil Spencer

Service Number:	Q140397
Enlisted:	4 March 1942, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 May 1889
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman/Business Manager
Died:	Congenital heart failure, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 24 May 1944, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia Grave 5, Row C, Plot C, Townsville War Cemetery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

4 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Private, Q140397, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Brisbane, Queensland
4 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Q140397
5 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, Q140397, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
24 May 1944:	Involvement Corporal, Q140397, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Corporal David Cecil Spencer Hancock Q140397 of the Australian Volunteer Defence Corps

Son of David Letchford Hancock and Mary Annie Hancock of Fremantle, WA

Husband of Olive May Hancock of East Fremantle, WA

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

David Cecil Spencer HANCOCK was born on 14th May, 1889 in Fremantle, Western Australia

His parents were David Letchford HANCOCK and Mary Ann SPENCER who married in Fremantle in 1887

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