Roy Norman Clare HODGE

HODGE, Roy Norman Clare

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sub Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Clare, South Australia, 23 June 1892
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Merchant Naval Officer
Died: Killed In Action, Off Irish coast, 13 January 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
At Sea
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Portsmouth Naval Memorial England
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World War 1 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Sub Lieutenant, Officer

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

On 13 January 1915, while on patrol, HMS Viknor sank in heavy weather without sending a distress call. It is assumed the ship struck a mine as she passed through  a minefield laid by the Germans. All  295 crew perished and many of their bodies washed ashore within days of her sinking.