Born Broken Hill NSW 1889 to James Hookings and Eliza Jane Ferris.
His enlistment was in New Zealand where his parents have moved to by the early 1900’s.
Record Location - Archives New Zealand, National Office, Wellington, 10 Mulgrave Street, Wellington 6011
Additional information from Ancestry –
Parents – James Hookings and Eliza Jane nee Ferris
Garnet Leslie Hookings
Birth 1889 in Broken Hill, New South Wales
Death 23 Jan 1916
New Zealand Army WWI Nominal Rolls, 1914-1918 about Leslie Garnett Hookings:
Name: Leslie Garnett Hookings
Regimental Number: 23/784
Last Residence: Greenmeadows
Relative Name: Mrs E J Hookings
Relative Relationship: Mother
Embarkation: 1914-1915
Name: Rifleman Leslie Garnet Hookings
Death Date: 23 Jan 1916
Burial Place: Alexandria, AL Iskandariyah, Egypt
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A search of Trove brings up his father’s name as having been connected with the Congregational Church in Broken Hill.
HOOKINGS, Leslie Garnett - WW1 23/784 – Army
R18049560 - AABK - 18805 - W5541 - 19 / 0056385
His father eventually became a Seventh Day Adventist Pastor in New Zealand
HOOKINGS, Leslie Garnett - WW1 23/784 – Army
R18049560 - AABK - 18805 - W5541 - 19 / 0056385
NSW birth registrations:
35934/1889 - HOOKINGS GARNET L, JAMES ELIZA J, BROKEN HILL
8357/1891 - HOOKINGS CLARENCE L, JAMES ELIZA J, BROKEN HILL
8160/1894 - HOOKINGS WILLIAM R J, JAMES ELIZA J, BROKEN HILL
Leslie Garnett Hookings had a brother Herbert James Hookings who died in Broken Hill on the 2nd Dec 1929. He was possibly responsible for having his brother’s name added to the Memorial.
Also listed on the Pirie Street Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll displayed in the east porch of Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA. This church combined with Stow Congregational Church in 1969 – they were direct neighbours over their back fences.
Information provided by Pat Button.
