James Frederick HOGAN

HOGAN, James Frederick

Service Number: NX156466
Enlisted: 22 January 1943
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 3 September 1921
Home Town: Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Injuries from accidental bomb explosion, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
Plot N. Row B. Gravesite 7., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial
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World War 2 Service

22 Jan 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX156466, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

James Frederick HOGAN (1921-1943)

James Hogan had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit.  See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora. They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943.  The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

 

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