HOCKINGS, Frank
| Service Number: | 220 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 April 1880 |
| Home Town: | Rocklea, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | School of Mines, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1950, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Monumental Section 3 09.18.04, Grave 2021 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 220, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 220, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 26 Nov 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 220, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Delphic arriving Brisbane 19 Nov 1900, discharged 26 Nov 1900. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Frank Herbert Hockings was born on 11 Apr 1880 in Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Frank Hockings and Emily Louisa Hockings (nee Francis). He married Annie Mary Rapheal Walsh on 20 Aug 1906 in Queensland and they had five sons and six daughters.
Following his return from his Boer War service he persued his interest in mining studying at the School of Mines, Charters Towers. On completing his studies he joined his brothers Ernest and Fred working a copper mine at Cloncurry. He would later move to Bowen which would become his home town and base of operations. He worked a silver lead mine at Ukalunda and magnesite at Mount Pring and continued prospecting on the Marengo field. A few months before his passing he was involved in the transactions that led to the development of Industrial Earths to be undertaken by M. E.Mack Chemical Industries.
(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; extract from his Obituary in Bowen Independant, 15 Sep 1950).
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