Alan George William HOOKE

HOOKE, Alan George William

Service Number: 11513
Enlisted: 7 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Field Bakery: AIF
Born: Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Croydon, Maroondah, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Baker
Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 28 September 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
H.N. Featonby Lawn area, Row N, Grave 37. Interred on 5 October 1978. Held in perpetuity for all time
Memorials: Montrose War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

7 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11513, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 11513, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 11513, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
22 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11513, 3rd Field Bakery: AIF, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Hugh Hooke and Margaret Ellen Hooke nee Holloway of 'Kilsyth', Croydon, Victoria

Brother of Norman Robert Hooke who was killed in action on 1 September 1916 while serving with the 46th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 7 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Alan married Isabella Hardie Gribben McCusker in Victoria

In 1941 he was residing in Paddington Road, Oakleigh, Victoria

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