HOEY, Andrew Joseph
| Service Number: | QX8087 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Corps of Signals |
| Born: | Darlington, Durham, England, 13 April 1907 |
| Home Town: | Biloela, Banana, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk (Public Servant) |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 6 June 2002, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Forest View Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Biloela & District Roll of Honour WW2 Enlistments |
World War 2 Service
| 26 May 1940: | Involvement QX8087 | |
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| 26 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 26 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals | |
| 14 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals, ex Sydney for Middle East per HMT QM | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals, ex Middle East to Adelaide per Strathallan | |
| 12 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals, ex Brisbane to Port Moresby per USS John Hart | |
| 21 Jun 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals, ex Port Moresby to Townsville per Duntroon | |
| 25 Jan 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX8087, 1 Corps of Signals | |
| 25 Jan 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Signalman Andrew Joseph Hoey (Service No:QX8087) enlisted in the Army on 26 May 1940 and served with 1 Corps of Signals in the Middle East (14 February 1941 - 17 February 1942) and New Guinea (12 August 1942 - 21 June 1943). Signalman Hoey was Discharged on 25 January 1945.
Born in 1907 in Durham England, Andrew was the fifth of eleven children of George Joseph Hoey (b1874 in Yorkshire, England) and Jane Baxendale (b1875 in Lancashire, England). George (a Joinery Machinist) and Jane married in Lancashire in 1901 and immigrated in 1911, arriving in Brisbane, QLD on board the Ayrshire with their first six children. The family settled in Brisbane where George was a Woodworking Machinist - in the late 1930s he worked at the Victory Hotel in Gympie, QLD (owned by son George) as a Barman before returning to Brisbane by 1940.
Andrew started work in 1926 as a Clerk in the Public Service and worked in Gladstone and Rockhampton. He was with the Department of Labour and Industry in Biloela (and was also a Justice of the Peace)when he enlisted in the Army, and in 1942 in Brisbane QLD he married Lenore Morley Frances (b1917 in Brisbane, QLD). Following his Discharge, Andrew and Lenore lived at Sandgate until their Divorce - Andrew then moved to Innisfail with the Public Service before settling in Cairns where he worked for the Department of Labour and National Service. Andrew died in 2002.
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