The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Sergeant William Hodgkinson |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: William George Hodgkinson
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/12/1875
Ancestor's date of death: 21/07/1957
Cause of Death: Stroke
Service Number: 145 and 5
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: B Company, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry. Then A Squadron, 7th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: SGT, Date Effective: 1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 455 and 531
Contingent: First Queensland and Third Australian
Ship: Cornwall, Date of Sailing: 01/11/1899
Ship: Custodian, Date of Sailing: 19/05/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps: Diamond Hill, Johannesberg, Driefontein, Paardeberg, relief of Kimberly; King's South Africa Medal with 1902 clasp.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: With the 1st QMI, December 1899 - December 1900 in northwest Cape Colony including victory over rebel band at Sunnyside (1 January 1900), Free State, and east Transvaal. 7 Bn ACH arrived after the conflict was over.
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia: 2 Aug 1902 on Manchester Merchant, no further details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: William Hodgkinson, Toowoomba QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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