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HODGETTS, John Colman
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX10525 |
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Enlisted: | 1 August 1940, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 22 November 1918 |
Home Town: | Toorak Gardens, Burnside, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 17 July 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Block A, Plot 11, Row J, Grave 6 Roll of Honour - Burnside SA, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
1 Aug 1940: | Involvement Captain, SX10525, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Captain, SX10525, Enlisted at Wayville | |
1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted SX10525, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Weston Lees Hodgetts and Nora Helen(nee Colman) Hodgetts of Toorak Gardens, SA; brother of Shelia Helen Hodgetts and Diana Lees Hodgetts