Arthur Alfred HOOK

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Service Number:	3393
Enlisted:	22 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Mobile Veterinary Section
Born:	Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

22 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3393, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3393, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3393, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
5 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Veterinary Hospital
22 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Mobile Veterinary Section
17 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3393, 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Son of Frank(Frank) Augustus Hook and Ellen Hook of Wentworth Falls, NSW.

Brother of Augustus James Hook who returned to Australia on 14 February 1918 having served in the 1st Battalion

On 2 July 1919 Arthur married Mary Ramsay Leishman in the Lochgelly Parish, Scotland. Minister William MacLeod officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 22 September 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal