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Gosford District Casualties of World War One Hodge, William Service Number 1547 Killed in Action 27th July 1916 France

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Service Number 1547. Killed in Action 27th July 1916. France.

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Page 1: Hodge, William

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Hodge, William Service Number 1547

Killed in Action 27th July 1916 France

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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records

held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)

Further information on this soldier may be found online at:

Commonwealth War Graves

The AIF project

Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children

using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context

provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.

This resource is presented by Gosford City Council

for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources

contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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NAME Hodge, William

SERVICE NO 1547

UNIT

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Horse Driver

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 8 Apr 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Alice Janet Hodge, Palm Beach, Barrenjoey (died 1947?) Father;- William Hodge/ as above

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’6¾”. Weight-122lbs. Chest-30-33½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES AWOL- Theinnes- 8.30 pm 2/4/ to 4.30pm 5/4/16 AWOL –Bois Grenier-3-8pm 25/6/16

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 26 Nov 1915 trans to Hosp Alexandria- Dysentery.

DIED 27 Jul 1916

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-16523, British War Medal-12293, Victory Medal-12234. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-310209.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Mother.

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Gosford Times 15th September 1916 Private Wm Hodge, who was a pupil at Wamberal Public School and a late resident of Tumbi Umbi, was killed in action in France on 26

th July. He was through the Gallipoli campaign before being removed to

France.

Gosford Times 26th July 1917 Private W Hodge, who prior to the war attended the Wamberal School and later was in the employ of Mr E Robson, was killed some time ago.

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5266134