Gilbert HOGG

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Service Number:	2336
Enlisted:	27 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wandin, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 1894
Home Town:	Wandin, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Wandin State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Wounds, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France, 29 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row L, Grave 22. G.F. Tucker officiated. Headstone inscription reads: In loving memory of our dear son and brother in loving memory
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

27 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2336, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2336, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2336, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
24 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock which penetrated the abdomen

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Son of John Hogg and Emily Jane Hogg nee Fuller of 'Concord', Queen's Road, Wandin, Victoria

Brother of Frank Hogg who returned to Australia on 21 July 1919 having servecd with the 2nd Field Company Engineers

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal