HODGSON, Henry James
| Service Number: | 1197 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1197, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1197, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1197, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded Battle of Fromelles | |
| 12 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1197, 30th Infantry Battalion |
Henry Hodgson
Henry Hodgson enlisted with two other young Tasmanians, William Abel and Vernon Drake, in July 1915 and were transferred to Sydney to join the 30th battalion, 5th Division, presumably because of their naval training.
After training in Egypt and then garrison duty in Marseilles, the 30th Division was transferred to the Western Front in late June 2016. On 19/20 July 1916 the 30th battalion took part in the disastrous Battle of Fromelles where almost 2,000 Australians were killed in 24 hours. The three Tasmanians were attached to A Company which was responsible for digging a new communications trench across No Mans Land. Vernon Drake and Henry Hodgson were both wounded at Fromelles.
1197 Pte. Henry James Hodgson (/explore/people/201331) was severly wounded in the arm by shellfire, he was discharged and returned to Tasmania in late 1916, his arm having been amputated. He died in 1959.
1195 Pte. William Thomas Abel (/explore/people/53950) was wounded in the leg on the same night that Vernon Drake was killed at Morlancourt in June 1918. He was evacuated to hospital in England and returned to Tasmania in 1919. He died in 1944.
Both Henry Hodgson and William Abel are buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetary in Hobart.
Submitted 27 September 2022 by Brent Knevett
Fromelles 1916
Henry Hodgson was wounded by shellfire at the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916. he was evacuated to England where his right arm was amputated. He was discharged from the AIF and returned to Tasmania at the end of 1916, He died in 1959.
Submitted 9 October 2019 by Brent Knevett
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