Douglas HODGSON

Regimental number3/2753
OccupationCommercial manager
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Reid Crow, 173 King Edward Street, South Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTemporary Lance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 76 on 16 February 1917
Members of the New Zealand Medical Corps, 22nd Reinforcements, embarked on two ships, 'Mokoia' on 13 February 1917, and 'Navua' on 16 February 1917. Those listed on Nominal Roll No 54 embarked on board HMNZT 'Mokoia', 15 February 1917. For those listed on Nominal Roll No 55, it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps, attached to No 4 Field Ambulance
FateAccidentally killed (railway accident)
Date of death21 May 1919
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No 7), Woking, Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jane Reid Hodgson (now Crow) and the late Thomas Hodgson, 173 King Edward Street, South Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 26