HOEY, Thomas
| Service Number: | Q204760 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Darlington, Durham, England, 11 June 1903 |
| Home Town: | Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Turner |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 February 1968, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jul 1942: | Involvement Private, Q204760, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q204760, 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| 19 Aug 1943: | Discharged | |
| 19 Aug 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q204760, 3rd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas Hoey (Service No:Q204760) served in the ACMF with 3 Battalion VDC (QLD) from 20 July 1942 to 19 August 1943.
Born in Durham, England in 1903, Tom was the second of eleven children of George Joseph Hoey (b1874 in Yorkshire, England) and Jane Baxendale (b1879 in Lancashire, England). George (a Joinery Machinist) and Jane married in Lancashire in 1901 and in 1911 immigrated with their first seven children to Brisbane, QLD on board the Ayrshire. The family settled in Brisbane where George worked as a Woodworking Machinist. In the late 1930s he worked as a Barman at the Victory Hotel in Gympie QLD (owned by son son George Jnr). George had returned to Brisbane by 1940.
In 1933 in Brisbane QLD, Tom married Dulcie May Stevens (b1908 in Brisbane, QLD) - Dulcie was a Machinist. Tom and Dulcie settled in Brisbane where they raised their family and Tom worked as a Fitter and from the 1940s as an Organ Builder. Tom died in 1968 and Dulcie in 1994.
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