Albert HANCOCK

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Service Number:	513
Enlisted:	14 December 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Light Horse Reinforcements
Born:	Edithburgh, South Australia, 9 January 1896
Home Town:	Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	24 April 1985, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Edithburgh Cemetery
Memorials:	Edithburgh IOOF MUFS Loyal Edithburgh Lodge No 91 Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial

14 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 513, Light Horse Reinforcements, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
2 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 513, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 513, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane
20 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 513, Light Horse Reinforcements, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 513, 11th Light Horse Regiment

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Son of Thomas Hancock and Rebecca (nee Rattley) Hancock; brother of Ivy May Hancock, Evelyn Maud Hancock and Ada Jane Hancock

20 March 1916 - to hospital with Mumps

20 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Morvada disembarking on 23 August 1919 in Adelaide

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

On 27 August 1924 Albert married Daisy Irene Hewton in the St Mary's Church, Edithburgh, SA