2340 Herbert HOSKING

Date of enlistment	3^rd July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while serving with the AIF	Killed in Action Hospitalised sick twice Field General Court Martial

Buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chappelle-D’Armentierres

Summary of Private Hosking’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Text
24^th June 1916	France	Killed in Action
31^st May 1916	France	Tried by Field General Court Martial on charge on drunkenness. Awarded 14 days Field Punishment No.2
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
19^th January 1916	Egypt	Admitted No.2 AGH Ghezireh – appendicitis
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
30^th November 1915	Egypt	Transferred to A&NZ Convalescent Depot at Helouan
23^rd November 1915	Egypt	Admitted to 1^st Auxiliary Hospital Heliopolis – rheumatism
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot