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HOOK, Alfred George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3129 |
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Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Enlisted at Holswothy, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Compositor |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holswothy, NSW | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3129, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
12 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
10 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 14th Machine Gun Company, Shell shock resulting in being buried by a shell | |
17 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
7 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3129, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Neurasthenia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Hook and Edith E. Hook of Augusta Road, Manly, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 31 December 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal