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Gilbert HOGG

Regimental number2336
Place of birthWandin, Victoria
SchoolWandin State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationOrchardist
AddressWandin, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, John Hogg, Wandin, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 13th Light Horse, Gippsland.
Enlistment date21 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 May 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22.9
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 22), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emily HOGG, 'Concord', Queen's Road, Wandin, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7038 Sapper Frank HOGG, 14th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 22 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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