Harold James HODGETTS

HODGETTS, Harold James

    Service Number: 1398
    Enlisted: 2 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Somerset, Tasmania, Australia, 2 April 1893
    Home Town: Yarra Junction, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
    Schooling: Yarra Junction State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Sawmill hand
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 1 December 1916, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour, Yarra Junction War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1398, Melbourne, Victoria
    10 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
    1 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1398, 29th Infantry Battalion

    Harold James Hodgetts

    Harold was my grandmothers first cousin - Ida Mabel Davies. Her father Crawford was the brother of Harolds mother Jane Davies. My son Alex Psaltis looks a bit like him. Its hard to imagine the pain his mother went through to lose two sons in WW1.

    Submitted 13 April 2019 by Caroline Psaltis

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Harold was born as James HODGETTS on 2nd April, 1893 in Tasmania

    His parents were Alman Albert HODGETTS and Jane DAVIES

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