Robert Gordon HOGG MID

HOGG, Robert Gordon

Service Numbers: 101, 101A
Enlisted: 4 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 3rd Field Ambulance
Born: Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: East Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigades Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

4 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 101, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 May 1915: Embarked Private, 101A, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne
18 May 1915: Involvement Private, 101A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Ambulance, At Tel-el-Kebir
20 Sep 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For attending wounded under heavy shell fire between 20-21 September 1917 London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13568, position 98 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 845, position 76
28 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Field Ambulance
22 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 101A, 3rd Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown: Embarked Private, 101A, 1st Australian General Hospital
Date unknown: Involvement Private, 101A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Adam Gordon Hogg and Catherine Hogg nee Norris of Victoria

Husband of Katherine Hogg of Crown Street, Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 25 January 1919 aboard H T Ceramic as nursing staff

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal