HODGE, Francis Stephen
| Service Number: | 2147 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rockwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 17., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow Lone Pine Connection, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2147, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2147, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2147, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Died Between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915
He was 29 and the son of John and Emma Hodge; husband of Elizabeth Hodge, of Catherine St., Kogarah, New South Wales.
His brother, Lance Corporal Benjamin Thomas Hodge, aged 21, also served at Gallipoli, but with the 4th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F., Service Number 1006. He died of wounds 16/08/1915 and was interred in Malta's Pieta Military Cemetery.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of William J.T. Hodge, Celia E.P. Hodge, Mabel H. Hodge, Lily M. Hodge, Francis T. Hodge, Alice M. Hodge, Thomas F. Hodge, Percy H. Hodge, Florence R Hodge and Louisa M. Hodge
Father of Gladys Mary Hodge and Alice Frances Hodge
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He served his 5 year apprenticeship with General Motors & Coy.
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