HOGG, Gordon McGarel
Service Number: | 1721 |
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Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW Methodist Row, Section 2, Grave 833A |
Memorials: | Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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19 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney | |
19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
8 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
1 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant | |
24 Jun 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, Australian War Graves Detachment | |
19 Aug 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
24 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1721, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Gordon Hogg. On 21 November 1918 he signed as Statuatory Declaration stating that his true name was Gordon McGarel Hogg
Son of George Thomas Hogg and Maud F. Hogg of Tamworth, NSW
On 17 December 1918 he married Yvonne Maxine Chevillard in Rouen, France. Mayor of rouen and Rev. A. Mutaf officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard Pakeha disembarking on 24 Novenber 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal