Soldier profiles
Name : HOOK, ARTHUR HARRY
Service Number : VX47346
Date of Birth : 15/12/1907
Place of Birth : SALE, VIC
Known as : HARRY
Occupation on Enlistment : BUILDER
Date of Enlistment : 18/07/1940
Locality on Enlistment : SALE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : HOOK, A
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 : 12/12/1945
Date Died : 14/07/1956
Age at Death : 48
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-0042 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 32138011 [DIGITISED], Barcode 6124794 [OPEN], Barcode 478918 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 579kB), Past article (size 1090kB), N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News vol.1 no.4 November 1956 p.2
Background : Single. Son of Albertina and Arthur William Hook. Part of Blackforce. Repatriated to Australia on Moreton Bay. Passed away at home in Sale, Victoria. Funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, Sale.
