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HODGE, Roy Norman Clare
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
Date unknown: | Involvement Sub Lieutenant, Officer |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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.