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Edward Walter Hodder

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Portrait, WW2, Edward Walter (Ted) Hodder, c1941 (Hodder family photograph) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Hodder AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ted AWMM
  • Service number
    NZW424770 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 November 1884 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Tututawa via Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 4 children 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
    WW2 Foreman carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Frederick Walter Hodder (1846-1922) and Lydia Ann Hodder (nee Mason) (1854-1921).

      Edward Hodder married Bessie Hodder (1889-1965) on 19 March 1913 at Whangamomona. They had four children.

      Edward did not serve in WW1 as he suffered from a skin condition

      Edward Hodder worked for the Air Force in New Zealand during World War II, appointed Corporal at Rongotai 18 April 1944, and stationed at No 2 EFTS in New Plymouth. AWMM
    • He did not serve overseas in WW1 because he was draughted late in Oct 1918 and the war finished before he could be sent. Public - Lynne - Direct descendant - 11 February 2017 - family papers.
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Death

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  • Death
    18 October 1953 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Alpha extension. Block N. Row 1 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). Auckland, N.Z.: St Johns Branch New Zealand Society of Genealogists. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM

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11 February 2017LynneEketahunaDirect descendant

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