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HODGEN, John Herbert Ward
(Service number 58531)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	4 January 1897	Place of Birth	Prebbleton

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	William Henry HODGEN (father), Waihao Downs
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	32nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	13 November 1917
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Death

Date	*1973	Age
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Herbert Ward Hodgen was the son of William Henry and Hannah Minnie (née Ward) Hodgen. He was drawn in the sveneth ballot in 1917. He married Grace Ogilvie Davidson in 1932.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs); Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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