Soldier profiles

Name : HOCKING, PETER ALBERT
Service Number : VX19000
Date of Birth : 09/10/1916
Place of Birth : GEELONG, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FRENCH POLISHER
Date of Enlistment : 30/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARNEGIE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOCKING, ALBERT
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/02/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0041 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6215529 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB)

Background : Son of Albert Arthur Hocking. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. 4 years militia previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 5 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, dark hair. Marital status : single. Children : nil. Marks / scars : operative, groin, leg. Full time war service : A.I.F. 30/05/1940 to 05/02/1946 which included 2078 days active service (98 days within Australia & 1668 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East and Java areas (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 30/10/1945). War badge no. 292290. Discharge certificate no. 489560.

Service record
30/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
31/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
19/11/1940 Transferred to X list at Detention Bendigo, Victoria.
30/11/1940 Off X list. Returned from Detention Bendigo, Victoria.
30/11/1940 Returned to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from Detention Bendigo, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
17/06/1941 Reported missing in action and transferred to X list.
20/06/1941 Reported missing in action 17/06/1941.
18/07/1941 Previously reported missing in action now reported rejoined unit.
18/07/1941 Previously reported missing in action now reported rejoined unit. Released prisoner of war.
18/07/1941 Rejoined unit and struck off X list. Released prisoner of war.
31/08/1941 Evacuated to 2/4 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.)? Sandfly fever Middle East.
04/09/1941 Discharged from 2/4 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to 1 Australian Corps Rest Station.
04/09/1941 Discharged from 1 Australian Corps Rest Station & returned to unit.
04/09/1941 Rejoined unit from 2/4 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station.
31/01/1942 Embarked Middle East on S.S. Orcades.
18/02/1942 Disembarked Batavia, Java.
07/03/1942 Reported missing in action.
30/04/1942 Reported missing in action, Java date unknown and transferred to X list.
21/06/1942 Previously reported missing in action believed prisoner of war now reported prisoner of war interned Java camp.
02/10/1942 Reported missing in action believed prisoner of war.
28/07/1943 Reported prisoner of war (Java).
15/08/1945 Granted proficiency pay.
20/08/1945 Alive in Siam. Recovered from the Japanese.
15/10/1945 Embarked Singapore on Moreton Bay.
30/10/1945 Disembarked Melbourne, Victoria.
30/10/1945 Marched into General Details Depot, Victoria ex Moreton Bay.
04/02/1946 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria for discharge.
05/02/1946 Discharged.