Ernest HOCKEY

HOCKEY, Ernest

Service Number: 735
Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Cootamundra, New South Wales, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 735, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
29 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps
5 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Promoted when taken on strength
1 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Horse Regiment
15 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 735, 14th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister Ivy Hockey of Cobar, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Argyllshire from Suez disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1927 he was residing at Crookwell, NSW and in 1961 he was residing in Murray Street, Cootamundra, NSW