Detail victim

Name HOCKLEY
Initials RR
First name RUPERT REGINALD
Place of birth Maryborough
Country Brisbane, Australia
Family Son of James and Elizabeth Hockley (nee Skinnerty); an older brother James, an older sister Olive and a younger sister Norma;
Education Maryborough Grammar School

Rank Major
Medals D S O "For consistent good service and devotion to duty as second in command of the Pioneer Bn. Period October 1916 to February 1917. During the operations on the SOMME he has shown himself to be a courageous and capable officer, is most zealous and a good organizer."
Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Australian Pioneers
Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Attached or transferred from 31st - Battalion -
Other data related to military career Served in the Wide Bay Infantry for 19 years and held the rank of captain prior to joining the AIF; promoted major 18 October 1915 (Egypt); to France on 26 March 1916;

Wounded 19 September, shell explosion in the garden of Swan Chateau, hdq of the 2nd Pioneers, Ypres;
Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds back penetrating chest, in n°2 Canadian CCS
Date of death 20 September 1917
Died at the age of 39
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - H - 1