Hodge, William

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Hodge, Edmund Allen William

Service Service Number Number 1494 1547 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 27th July 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

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 (ÂŠ 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 1 st 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.

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 Medal12234. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-310209.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mother.

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 26th 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.

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

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