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Service Number:	2874
Enlisted:	30 May 1916, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Falkirk, Scotland, 1888
Home Town:	Collie Cardiff, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 8 January 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia Presbyterian, Section A, General area
Memorials:	Collie Coal Company Ltd. Employees

30 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 7th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Belmont, WA
28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2874, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2874, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2874, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2874, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2874, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Husband of Janet Russell Hogg nee Graham of Collie Cardiff, WA. James and Janet married in WA on 15 October 1910

Son of Henry Hogg and Jane Brown Hogg nee McLuckie of Collie, WA formerly of Falkirk, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal