William David HOGG

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Service Number:	986
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Lara, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 29 July 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England area , Compartment C, Section 7, Grave 41.
Memorials:	Lara Presbyterian Church Honor Roll

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, In France
27 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm.
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 986, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George Barnes Hogg and Catherine Hogg nee Thomson of Ballarat, Victoria

Husband of Lavinia Isabella Bates Hogg. William and Lavinia married during 1904c in Victoria. Lavinia died in 1912c in Victoria

Next of kin given as his son William (child) of Ballarat Orphanage, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 24 September 1918 aboard Kaiser-A-Hind at Taranto then transhipped to HT Devon disembarking on 23 November 1918

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