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Charles Jamieson HODGETTS

Regimental number2636
Place of birthSomerset, Tasmania
SchoolYarra Junction State School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
AddressYarra Junction, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Albert Hodgetts, Yarra Junction PO, Yarra Junction, Victoria
Previous military service48th Infantry
Enlistment date29 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 18 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alman and Jane HODGETTS, 25 Chestnut Street, Murrumbeena, Victoria. Native of Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: Pte Harold James Hodgetts No. 1398, 29th Battalion, killed in action on 1st December, 1916 at Le Transloy.

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