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Simeon Edward Gordon HODGES

Regimental number2378
Place of birthCaulfield, Victoria
SchoolState School, Brighton Road, St Kilda, Victoria
Other trainingWorking Mens College, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
Address'Vinetta', Sydney Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Edward W Hodges, 'Vinetta', Sydney Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Previous military service47th Infantry; Served 4 years in the Senior Cadets
Enlistment date1 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWorked as a Blacksmithing Engineer before the War started.
FateDied of wounds 11 March 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Simeon Edward
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death19.7
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot Ii, Row A, Grave No. 38), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Vinetta HODGES, "Vinetta", Sydney Street, Murrumbeena, Melbourne
Family/military connectionsCousin: Cpl J.S. Patterson, who won the MM on 1st November, 1917 at Bedford Junction near Ypres, Belgium

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