Walter Richard Grenville (Dick) Hiscock

  General Notes:

Electoral Roll: - 1931 - 102 Burke Road, Kew, Vic. - Clerk.
1936 - 232a Kooyong Road, Malvern, Vic. - Solicitor.
1946 - 18 Haverbrack Street, Malvern, Vic - Solicitor.

Walter attended Melbourne Church of England Grammar School
Walter received an O.B.E.

World War 2 Service Record
Name HISCOCK, WALTER RICHARD GRENVILLE
Service Australian Army
Service Number 355201 (VX101)
Date of Birth 13 Jul 1909
Place of Birth KEW, VIC
Date of Enlistment 1 Nov 1939
Locality on Enlistment TOORAK
Place of Enlistment SOUTH MELB, VIC
Next of Kin HISCOCK, PATRICIA
Date of Discharge 6 Oct 1945
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Posting at Discharge 14 Field Regiment
WW2 Honours and Gallantry Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Prisoner of War No

Walter Richard Grenville Hiscock enlisted for 2 years National Training in the Australian Military Forces on 2/12/1929. He had been working as a Law Clerk for Hedderwick, Fookes and Alston, 103 William Street, Melbourne.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Solicitor.

• Birth Certificate: (20373).

• Death Certificate Number: (7017).

Walter married Patricia Vaughan Duigan, daughter of Harry Mcleod Duigan and Jessie Leonora Vaughan, on 26 Nov 1934 in Melbourne Grammar Chapel, South Yarra, Victoria Australia. (Patricia Vaughan Duigan was born on 5 Feb 1910 in Elwood, Victoria Australia, died on 18 Oct 1991 in Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and was buried on 19 Oct 1991 in Cremated at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia Ashes Interred - Melaleuca - Individual Tree, Tree 14.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (11016).