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Roy Alexander Hodge

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Portrait, The Weekly News; 12 July 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, The Weekly News; 12 July 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Hodge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ413756 AWMM
    • WWII 413756 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 June 1918 Martyn Martyn
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Roy Hodge was the son of Peter Frankland Hodge and Ella Hodge, of Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Germaine Hodge, of St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 March 1944 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Canada, North America AWMM
  • Date of death
    17th March 1944 (Friday) Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
  • Age at death
    25 Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
  • Place of death
    Lost without trace - possibly Pearse Islands area Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Ottawa Memorial Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
  • Grave reference
    Panel 3. Column 5 Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
  • Obituary
    Fl/Sgt. Hodge posted to 32 OTU as he had evaded capture earlier when the Stirling III BF350 was shot down over Belgium. 6 of his fellow crew members were killed, 1 taken PoW and he evaded capture. Further information can be found here.

    They took off on a night navigational exercise at 19:40 hrs. They were last in contact at 21:58 hrs and despite many searches made, no trace of the crew or aircraft were found. It is understood that two oxygen cylinders found within the Pearse Islands recovered later and these were of the same type carried by this aircraft.

    In June 2017 Victoria International Airport unveiled a beautiful memorial to the 132 service personnel who lost their lives whist at Patricia Airbase. The main feature of this sculptural work will be 25 x 12 foot high Corten Steel Cooper’s Hawk Feathers. The Cooper’s Hawk is a predator known for its extraordinary agility in flight and ferocity in hunting. The names of the lost airmen have been water jet cut into the feathers. Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 17 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
    • Lost Airmen of the Empire - Hospital Hill, Victoria International Airport, Vancouver Island, Canada. Public - kelvin - Researcher - 20 February 2018 - http://aircrewremembered.com/oliver-douglas.html

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  • A new memorial to the 179 airmen and women who lost their lives during training missions while based at 32 Operational Training Unit Patricia Bay, BC, Canada will be dedicated in the spring of 2017. A description of the memorial is available here: http://www.victoriaairport.com/projects-planning/lost-airmen-of-the-empire-commemorative-sculpture-at-hospital-hill
    Public - Peter - Researcher - 7 March 2017
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20 February 2018kelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
17 February 2018KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
07 March 2017PeterVictoria, B.C., CanadaResearcher
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