Roy Norman Clare HODGE

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HODGE, Roy Norman Clare

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sub Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 23 June 1892
Home Town:	Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
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"
Memorials:	Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Portsmouth Naval Memorial England, The South Australian National War Memorial

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Sub Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Viknor

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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.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mrs. A. H. Stephens (formerly Hodge), of Beach Rd., Grange, South Australia, and the late Mr. H. E. Hodge.

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