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HODGKISON, George Henry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2363, 1222 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1918, The enlistment was within the Home Service - he did not embark. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Warwickshire, Birmingham, England , 20 February 1870 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Greengrocer |
| Died: | Cardiac Failure, Dalgety's Wharf,Millers Point, Sydney, 19 October 1918, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C. Sec. H. Grave 5834. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2363, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2363, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1222, The enlistment was within the Home Service - he did not embark. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Husband of Helena Hodgkison of Ashfield, New South Wales. George enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4 April 1916. He served as a Private (Service No. 2363) with the 1st Pioneer Battalion during World War I. He was discharged medically unfit on 23 August 1918. He re-enlisted for Home Service and served as a Private in No. 2 District Guard, Australian Imperial Force (Service No. 1222). He died suddenly while on duty as a Ship's Guard on board HMAT "Medic" at Dalgetys Wharf Sydney, aged 48 years.
He was accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on 21 December 2016.