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HOGG, James Stewart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 708 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brown Hill, Ballarat North, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waterloo Cemetery Waterloo, Victoria, Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Brown Hill State School No 35 Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 708, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 708, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 708, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 31st Battalion | |
| 12 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 708, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Wound to the buttock | |
| 19 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company, In France | |
| 30 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 708, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Hogg and Mary Hogg nee Heir of Brown Hill, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HS Runic disembarking on 10 June 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c James married Myrtle Newey in Victoria