John Cochrane HOOD

HOOD, John Cochrane

Service Number: VX32586
Enlisted: 20 June 1940
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: HQ Guard Battalion
Born: Galston, Scotland, United Kingdom, 18 June 1901
Home Town: Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Thailand, 10 November 1943, aged 42 years
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Plot 1, Row D, Grave 58 , Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Corporal, VX32586
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Lance Corporal, VX32586, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria
20 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX32586, HQ Guard Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Andrew and Susan Hood; husband of Winifred Hood of Malvern, Victoria

Died while a Japanese Prisoner of War

Headstone inscription reads: His duty fearlessly and nobly done lovingly remembered


Roll of Honour - Malvern, Victoria