HOGAN, Henry Joseph
(Service number 7/65)
Back: Rainey, G; Frost, R; Julian, W; Cochrane, John; Tennant, John; Cochrane, James; Nichol N; Cameron, C; Robins; Rickman, E A; ?
3rd R: McKenzie, J (alexander John); Duggan, M; Tobin ,J; Tavendale, W; Campbell, J; Gynes; Hodgson, J; McKenzie, R S (Percy?); Samuels, H [actually Henry Samuel Miniss]; Copland; Fitzharris, P; Gill, J
2nd R: Fraser; Whitta, J H; Carr, J; Manchester, A R; Wain, P J; Finlay, John; Bailey, G C; Sloan, P; Bell, N; Menzies, W; Spencer, E; Ryan, E
Front: McGrath, W; Keane, T; Wall, T; Hunt; ?; Hogan, H (Courtesy of Waimate Museum & Archives, P2183 )
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 18/07/1886 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Care of N. Ruddenklau, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single; married 1915 | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Mary HOGAN (mother), Norton Reserve, Waimate; Mrs Annie HOGAN (wife), Main South Road, Hornby | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Canterbury | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli) | ||
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| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
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| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 13 January 1982 | Age | 95 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Henry (known as Harry) Hogan was born to Martin and Mary Hogan (nee Cleave). Mary was born in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia in 1866 and came with her parents and brothers to Waimate as a 12 year old. Henry’s father Martin Hogan was born in Tipperary, Ireland and came to Waimate with his brother, Michael. Mary, a servant, and Martin, a labourer, married at St Patrick’s, Waimate, in 1884. The couple had fourteen children in Waimate - four girls and ten boys. Harry was the second child and the first boy. Martin had a variety of jobs, usually labouring and road servicing. At the time of World War One he had a small farm in Norton Reserve on the outskirts of Waimate. Mary later died in Waimate in 1920 and the Martin in Timaru in 1929. They were buried together in Waimate.
Prior to World War One Harry was employed as a labourer on a Ruddenklau farm just out of Waimate. On enlisting in 1914 he put his mother as next of kin and became a trooper in the Main Body of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, seeing action in Gallipoli. The Waimate Advertiser of 21 August 1915 detailed the incident when he was injured and lost his foot. Wounded in mid 1915, Henry lost his right leg and returned home convalescent per the “Tahiti” in September.
Four of Harry’s brothers also fought in World War One: William Francis was in the 35th Reinforcements; Michael Joseph in the 30th Reinforcements; Martin Joseph in the 9th Reinforcements; and John Joseph in the 21st Reinforcements.
After the war Harry continued working on the land. Later he had a farm at Prebbleton and trained racehorses. He married Annie Brooker in 1915. Together they had a family of three sons and a daughter. Henry Joseph Hogan died on 13 January 1982 at Christchurch, aged 95 years, and was buried in a services plot in Ruru Lawn Cemetery.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 June 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 June 2020]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery headstone transcription [13 June 2020]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [13 June 2020]; Waimate Daily Advertiser (attachment), 21 & 25 August 1915, 14 & 16 September 1915 (Papers Past) [30 June 2016; 16 June 2020]; SCRoll web submissions by B Devonport, 2 & 15 January 2019
External Links
Related Documents
- Waimate Trooper casualties - Waimate Daily Advertiser 21 August 1915 (pdf, 154.8 KB updated 20-Feb-2018)
- Harry HOGAN - biography notes by B Devonport (pdf, 288.8 KB updated 15-Jan-2019)
- HOGAN Henry Joseph - newspaper clippings (pdf, 122.8 KB updated 18-Jun-2020)
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