Matthew Roscoe HODGSON

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HODGSON, Matthew Roscoe

Service Number:	406529
Enlisted:	6 January 1941, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 13 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Prestatyn, Wales, 7 September 1908
Home Town:	Kalamunda, Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	St. Mary's Salesial School, Faraborough, Hants.
Occupation:	Agriculturist
Died:	Flying Battle, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 12 January 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Coll. grave 28. B. 5-8
Tree Plaque:	Kalamunda Stirk Park Memorial Walk
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalamunda Darling Range Road District Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 406529
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406529, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF), Perth, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Garstang Hodgson and Ethel Mary Hodgson; husband of Helen Aitken Spears Hodgson, of South Kalamunda, Western Australia.

W.A. AIR CASUALTIES.
Two West Australians listed in the latest R.A.A.F. casualty list issued by the Department of Air are Sgt. M. R. Hodgson, of Kalamunda, and Sgt. R. A. D. Hunter, of Beaconsfield. They were previously reported missing, but are now listed as presumed dead while serving in Australia or Australian teritories.

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