HOGBEN, Edward Noel McLachlan
(Service number 45868)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Teacher | ||
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| Next of Kin | George Hogben (father) 32 Crescent Road, Khandallah, Wellington,NZ | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements Specialist Company, Machine - Gun Section | ||
| Date | 6 September 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Son of George and Emily Frances Hogben.Father was headmaster TBHS 1889-1899. Of
the three sons of Mr George Hogben
(late Director of Education), of Khandallah, who enlisted, two
have been killed in action—Sergeant George H. Hogben
in 1915, and Lance-Corpl. Herbert Hogben
last month. The youngest son (Private E. Noel
Hogben,
of the Machine-Gun Corps), who left with the 26th Reinforcement
and on arrival in England was transferred to the 25th,
is now at the front. Marlborough Express,
Volume LII, Issue 87, 18 April 1918, Page 5
Evening
Post, Volume XCV, Issue 88, 13 April 1918, Page 4
Sources
Cenotaph database Auckland Museum
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