HODGENS, Arthur
(Service number 2/2642)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank | Gunner |
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Birth
| Date | 29 October 1886 | Place of Birth | Ireland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Totara Valley, Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. HODGENS (mother), Coefin (Coolfin?), Rathdowney, Queen's County, Ireland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | New Zealand Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Artillery, 9th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 February 1963 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Purewa Crematorium, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Arthur Hodgens was born on 29 October 1886 in Ireland. By 1914 he was residing in South Canterbury. He was among the recruits passed by the medical men in Timaru in mid July 1915. A. Hodgens left for Trentham on 18 October, with South Canterbury’s quota for the Ninth Reinforcements. He returned to New Zealnd by the “Marama” in October 1916. In 1918 Arthur married Elsie Elizabeth Hutchison. Their daughter Mollie served as a nurse in World War II. Arthur died on 6 February 1963 at Auckland, aged 76 years, and was cremated at Purewa. Elsie who died in 1976 was also cremated there.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 July 2002]; Timaru Herald, 14 July 1915, 18 October 1915 (Papers Past) [16 May 2020; 19 July 2020]; Purewa Cremation records [19 July 2020]
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