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James Gleid HOGG

Regimental number33451
Place of birthNicolson, Edinburgh, Scotland
SchoolDavidsons mains Public School, Midlothian, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLeather worker
Address21 Nicholson Street, South Yarra, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinBrother, Charles Hogg, 'Mory Cottage', Davidson Mains, Edinburgh, Scotland
Previous military serviceRoyal Scots
Enlistment date19 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, February 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied after accidentally being injured. Was a Bandsman in the State Railway Band.
FateDied of disease 19 April 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Gleid spelt Gleed
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialDuisans British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave NO. 30), Etrun, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ann HOGG, Davidson's Mains, Edinburgh

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