Eric HODGKINSON

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Service Number:	573
Enlisted:	22 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen and chest, At sea on board HS Rewa, Greece, 8 October 1915
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 111, Row A, Grave 28 Rev. R.M. Cole Hamilton officiated, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 573, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 573, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 573, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
7 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest

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Son of Elizabeth (Elsie) Hodgkinson of 143 High Street, Windsor, Victoria

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