George Henry HOGAN

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HOGAN, George Henry

Service Number:	6760
Enlisted:	28 July 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1888
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crown Street Public School, Sydney, New South, Wales
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 April 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Picquigny British Cemetery Picquigny British Cemetery, Picquigny, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6760, Sydney, New South Wales
8 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6760, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6760, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney
11 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6760, 3rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Elder son of Mr. S.H. Hogan, formerly of Woollahra and now of Melbourne, was born in Sydney in 1889, and educated at the Crown Street Public School. He joined the machine department of the Sydney Morning Herald in 1906.

In July 1916, he enlisted a s Private, and was posted to the 22nd reinforcements for the 3rd Battalion, sailing from Australia in November. He participated in a number of notable engagements in France, including Bullecort, Ypres, Passchedaele and Villers Bretonneux. He was killed by a bomb explosion at Ameiens on April 12, 1918.

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