Walter John HOOK

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Service Number:	P507
Enlisted:	12 December 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 March 1895
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	General Storekeeper and Agent
Died:	Killed in Action (Murdered by hostile natives), Papua, 23 March 1943, aged 48 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot PP. Row A. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "REST IN PEACE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, P507, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
12 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, P507

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