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Service Number:	464
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
Born:	Dunfermline, Scotland, 8 April 1873
Home Town:	Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engine Fitter
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1950, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Presbyterian area, Section 19SE, Grave 83
Memorials:

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 464, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 464, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 464, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
30 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), For non military employment in the UK
5 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 464, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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At the time of enlistment his marital status was given widower with his address as Adamstown, Newcastle, NSW. Member of the Adamstown Rifle Club

Son of George Hogg and Agnes Hogg nee Mitchell of Dunfermline, Scotland

Next of kin given as his child daughter Mary Brown of Adamstown, NSW

Apprenticed to Read & Gray of Dunedin, Scotland for five years

Between 1 April 1919 to 5 July 1919 he under too an training course in Fitting at the Naval Dockyard, Chatham, England

Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 13 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal