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Leongatha & District
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORY OF THE FORMER WOORAYL SHIRE
Dumbalk • Inverloch • Koonwarra • Leongatha • Meeniyan • Ruby
Tarwin Lower • Venus Bay • Walkerville
HOOKE, John Clement
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Private 1212
14th Battalion
Kensington London
Mr. James Hooke Bishopsgate London
Leongatha, Victoria 10/11/1914
Age 35 years 6 months, 5'6", 11 stone 3 pounds, hazel eyes and light brown hair.
Church of England
Labourer
He died of illness in Cairo Egypt on 7/3/1915
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Cairo Egypt
He enlisted in Leongatha, Victoria
He attended Hurst Pier Point School , Sussex, England
Place of Association Auburn
10/11/14 He enlisted in Leongatha
22/12/1914 He embarked Melbourne on the HMAT Ulysses
He spent 11 years in the Rifle Brigade in UK
He served in the Boer War in South Africa.. Held South African Medal Cape Colony. He was an excellent rifle shot and won many prizes for shooting.
His brother U. L. Hooke Lt Col. 7th Queens Royal West Surrey Regt. He was killed in France on 21/6/17.
His family received John�s medals.
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