HODGKINSON, William James
| Service Number: | 6282 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Workington, Cumberland, England , July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Workington Higher Standard School, Cumberland, England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Phthisis & Empyema, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Smithfield, London, England, United Kingdom, 10 December 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Carlisle (Upperby) Cemetery Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6282, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6282, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6282, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6282, 5th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW right arm | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6282, 5th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date – 10th December..... Private William James Hodgkinson was born in 1895 at Workington, Cumberland, England. He came to Australia & later enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 1st May, 1916 as a 20 year old Farmer from Poowong, Victoria.
Private William James Hodgkinson embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 11th September, 1916 with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 26th October, 1916 where he would receive further training before being sent to the Front.
Private Hodgkinson proceeded to France on 13th December, 1916 & joined 5th Battalion on 22nd December, 1916.
Private William James Hodgkinson was wounded in action in France on 10th February, 1917. He was invalided to England & admitted to 5th London General Hospital on 19th February, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right arm. He was discharged (no date recorded) & transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill on 27th April, 1917.
Private Hodgkinson was transferred back to 5th Battalion & proceeded back to France where he rejoined 5th Battalion on 16th October, 1917.
Private Hodgkinson was sent sick to Hospital on 22nd December, 1917 with Otitis Media. He rejoined his Battalion on 12th March, 1918.
Private William James Hodgkinson was wounded (gas) (2nd occasion) on 24th August, 1918. He was invalided to England & admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital at Birmingham on 27th August, 1918. He was discharged to furlo on 16th August, 1918 & reported to No. 4 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 30th October, 1918.
Private Hodgkinson was reported A.W.L. (Absent without leave) on 13th November, 1918. He was written up for being AWL from 21.30 on 14th November, 1918 to 12.00 on 15th November, 1918. This was dismissed by Lt. C. H. Brown on 21st November, 1918.
Private William James Hodgkinson was declared as an illegal absenter by a Court of Inquiry on 19th November, 1918 from No. 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott.
Tamar Crosthwaite, formerly Hodgkinson, mother of William James Hodgkinson, died in 1918 in the registration district of Cockermouth, Cumberland, aged 50.
Private Hodgkinson was apprehended on 23rd February, 1919 & marched in from Warwick Square to No. 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott on 26th February, 1919.
Private Hodgkinson was declared as an illegally absent from 3rd March, 1919 by a Court of Inquiry held on 7th April, 1919 at Hurdcott.
Private William James Hodgkinson was apprehended by Australian Military Police in London on 14th June, 1919. He was marched in from Warwick Square, London (under escort) to No. 4 Group at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 19th June, 1919.
Private was declared as an illegally absent from 26th June, 1919 by a Court of inquiry held at No. 4 Group, Hurdcott on 24th July, 1919 & was declared to be still absent. His last payment was 12th November, 1918.
Private William James Hodgkinson was reported as illegally absent from 26th September, 1919. He was later traced in Hospital & was reported to be seriously ill (undated) in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Smithfield, London, England.
Private William James Hodgkinson died on 10th December, 1919 at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England from Phthisis & Empyema. He was buried in Upperby Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland, England with a Military Funeral which had left the residence of the deceased’s sister, 17 Grey Street, London Road, Carlisle at 2 pm. on 13th December, 1919.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/carlisle.html
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