HODGINS, Charles Owen
| Service Numbers: | 18463, 10463 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Dental Details: AIF |
| Born: | Wellington, New Zealand, 20 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Drowning, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 6 January 1936, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rarotonga Catholic Cemetery (Cook Islands) |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18463, Dental Details: AIF, Perth, WA | |
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| 15 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 18463, Dental Details: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 18463, Dental Details: AIF, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10463, Alternate Service number on Records |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
“Bathing Fatality at Rarotonga
January 6, Charles Owen Hodgins, dentist, sank suddenly whilst swimming off the wharf at Avarua. Being in the lunch hour, few people were about at the time, and the alarm was first given by some children who observed that the man did not reappear. Attracting the attention of a couple of native fishermen, the children pointed out Mr. Hodgins' body, close to the wooden piles of the wharf, where the water is ten or twelve feet deep. Later, a rope was passed under the unfortunate man and the body drawn to the surface, where all attempts at artificial respiration proved useless. Mr. Hodgins, who was 47 years of age, had been in Rarotonga a little over two years, and his death robs the island of one of its most needed men. An ex-soldier, he served during the War as Staff Sergeant in the Dental Corps.”
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