Gordon McGarel HOGG

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Service Number:	1721
Enlisted:	8 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Methodist Row, Section 2, Grave 833A
Memorials:	Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll

8 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
19 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney
19 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
1 May 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant
24 Jun 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, Australian War Graves Detachment
19 Aug 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District

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Served as Gordon Hogg. On 21 November 1918 he signed as Statuatory Declaration stating that his true name was Gordon McGarel Hogg

Son of George Thomas Hogg and Maud F. Hogg of Tamworth, NSW

On 17 December 1918 he married Yvonne Maxine Chevillard in Rouen, France. Mayor of rouen and Rev. A. Mutaf officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard Pakeha disembarking on 24 Novenber 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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