Charles Henry HOOK

HOOK, Charles Henry

Service Number: 1348
Enlisted: 24 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Armstrongs, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Antwerp, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: East Melbourne, Victoria, 14 April 1926, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Church of England area M, Grave 2414. Interred on 16 April 1926
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World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1348, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1348, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1348, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
12 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps
5 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, Wounded. Slight wound to the back
27 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion
11 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 63rd Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 63rd Infantry Battalion
27 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion
4 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1348, 13th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the right leg
7 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1348, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Hook and Fanny Hook nee Eldridge of Armstrongs, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1919c Charles married Ethel May Green in Victoria