John HOCKEY

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Service Number:	1315
Enlisted:	13 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Euroa Telegraph Park

13 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1315, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1315, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1315, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
20 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Division Cyclist Company
16 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, In the field
8 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1315, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left thigh. Transferred to England aboard HS Gloucester Castle on 16 March 1917
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1315, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Next of kin given as his sister Alice Bates of Warragul, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking on 5 August 1919

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