HOGMAN, William Frederick
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, SA, 2 March 1907 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Port Adelaide School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" At Sea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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From Gwen Lee, William Hogmans youngest daughter, my mum
S.P.O. WILLIAM FREDERICK HOGMAN 19356 Survived the sinking of H.M.A.S. PERTH 1 on the night of 28th February 1942 . His death by drowning on 12th September 1944. Dad was on the Burma Railway moving camp as the railway was completed. When they were being transported on the Rakuyo Maru it was torpedoed as it had no notice that it was carrying Prisons of War. He survived that and was on a raft, I was told this by a sailor who was also on the raft, unfortunately dad rolled off the raft during the night. Dad was a strong swimmer but as you could imagine all the P.O.W s we’re weak and underfed so only the young ones survived. Dad was 39 years old. Married to Edith and father to Joan,Wilma and Gwen Rest In Peace🙏🇦🇺⚓️
Submitted 9 April 2022 by Darren Lee
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Warwick Hogman and Elsie May Hogman; husband of Edith Flora Hogman, of Glebe, New South Wales, Australia.
13 YEARS IN NAVY
Chief Petty-Officer Stoker W. F. Hogman, whose name is in the interstate list, was a former Adelaide man, the eldest son of Mrs. P. Campbell, of James street. Paddington. He was educated at Port Adelaide School, and has seen 13 years in the Navy, having served in the Australia, Canberra, Vendetta, and Perth. He was transferred to the Perth last July. He was in the Battle of Matapan and the evacuations of Greece and Crete.
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