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HANCOCK, Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6806 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters |
| Born: | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 December 1885 |
| Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Malvern Road State School, Christ Church Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 14 April 1956, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 6806, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Train, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Attached for Post Office duty | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, AIF Headquarters (Egypt), Promoted as Extra Regimental Corporal | |
| 4 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Army Postal Corps | |
| 15 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 3 Base Postal Unit, Australian Base Post Office, Kantara | |
| 3 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 6806, Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters, Embarked Kantara per HT Malta. 7 August, 1919 Disembarked Melbourne. | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 6806, Anzac Mounted Division Headquarters |
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Son of Isabella Hunter and the late Frederick Charles HANCOCK, Hepburn Avenue, Canterbury, Vic.
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