Walter HODGKINSON

Regimental number26/305
True NameHODGKINSON, Walter Herbert Henry
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Hodgkinson, GPO, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 6 February 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialCross Roads Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 7), Fontaine-au-Bois, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ruebon and Annie Hodgkinson, Tadmor, Nelson; Wife: C. Hodgkinson, o2 Oriental Street, Petone, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 30