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HODGMAN, Douglas Allan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1104 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Helens, Tasmania, Australia, 11 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | St Helens, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | St Helens State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Scottsdale Portland Municipality Including Portion of Lilydale Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1104, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :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, 1104, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Douglas Hodgman served at Gallipoli from September 1915, was wounded in action at Pozieres, shrapnel to the right thigh and evacuated to England for several months. His older brother 2026 Private Vincent Lade Hodgman 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse died of disease 5 August 1902 age 20, returning on a troopship from the Boer War in South Africa. Douglas was only 9 years of age at the time.