Walter James HOGG

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Service Numbers:	831, 591
Enlisted:	8 March 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	15th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1941, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Broken Hill Barrier District No 12 M.U.I.O.O.F. Great War Roll of Honor, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill St. Andrews Church Honour Roll, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board

8 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 831, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA.
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 831, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 831, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
5 Oct 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Company Engineers, From 27th Battalion. Issued with service number 591 when taken on strength
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 15th Field Company Engineers
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 591, 15th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of William Hogg and Jean Amelia Hogg of Cummin Street, Broken Hill, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1919 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 5 August 1919 for onward travel to Adelaide

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

On 19 October 1931 Walter married Phoebe Vera Sargent in the Congregational Manse, Glenelg, SA