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HODGES, Hughie Hector Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4803 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cawdor, Queensland, 8 June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cawdor, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Cawdor State School |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine cleaner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, 17 May 1975, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4803, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW (left ear) | |
| 27 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion - Shell wound (right buttock) | |
| 3 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - Shell wound (face) | |
| 7 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4803, 9th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Alfred Albert Hodges and Masie Maria Lovell. Born at Cawdor, via Toowoomba, in 1897, and educated at Cawdor. Enlisted on 9th September, 1915, and sailed for Egypt on 28th March, 1916. After four months went to England and thence to France. Wounded at Fleurs, Messines and Cappy, and was also gassed at Messines. Was on active service at the time of the signing of the Armistice, was then three months in Belgium, and left for Australia through England, arriving on 6th August, 1919.
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