HOGARTH, Charles Wilson
| Service Number: | 902 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 902, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 902, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 902, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 902 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-05 |
About Charlie
Born 8th August 1881 Launceston Tasmania the son of Thomas and Margaret Bell Hogarth (nee Ramsay) a farmer he embarked Brisbane29th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26th Infantry Battalion.
Sgt Hogarth was killed in action 5th August 1916 in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
THE LATE CHARLIE HOGARTH.
Profound regret was expressed on all sides when it became known that Sergt. C. Hogarth, youngest son of the late Thomas Hogarth of "Glenburn," Sulphur Creek, had been killed in action in France on August 5. Deceased was well known along the coast, having spent the greater part of his life at Sulphur Creek, where he carried out farming and dairying pursuits along with his father for a number of years. Some few years ago deceased went to New Zealand, and after remaining there for some years returned to his native land again. He was a keen sport, and a lover of a good horse, and was considered to be one of the best amateur riders along the North-West Coast. Two of the many horses the deceased soldier owned were After Dark and Detention; the former he sold to the well-known Southern sport "S. M. Wilson," afterwards winning many steeplechases both in Tasmania and on the mainland. He was Master of the Heybridge Hounds for some time, and a keen worker for it ever since its inception, and no more popular fellow than "Charlie," as he was familiarly known, held that appointment. He was a fearless horseman in the hunting field; no obstacle would stop him, and plainly he made a courageous soldier. Deceased left Tasmania as a private some 16 months ago, and worked himself, up to the rank of Sergt. He has another brother, Archie, who is well known along the Coast, at present serving with the Australians abroad. Other brothers of deceased are: — Robert, in the employ of W. T. Bell and Co., Latrobe; Ray of Myalla; and George and Elliot of Rocky Cape; and one sister, Mrs. Napier, of St. Mary's. The sympathy of the community goes out to the Hogarth family in the loss of a hero in every sense of the word.
The North Westerm Advocate 16th September 1916
Submitted 27 April 2017 by mark hogarth