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Cenotaph record

Thomas Hodgson

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Portrait Thomas Hodgson walking down a street - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait Thomas Hodgson walking down a street - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Hodgson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tom AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ4123929 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 December 1919 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Chief Engineer, H & P/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Classification, Unknown Period AWMM
      A1 health AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Aneurism AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlisted in the Army in 1940 and then the Royal New Zealand Airforce in 1941

    The Hodgsons were married for 44 years and had 8 children, 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandhildren. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    Jun 1988 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM 36 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald, 9 June 1988 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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