Robert Embleton HODGSON

Regimental number53359
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Evelyn Hodgson, Horotiu, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialQueens Cemetery (Plot II, Row O, Grave No 14), Bucquoy, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs B. Coutchley (formerly Hodgson), of Horitio, and the late Mr R.E. Hodgson; Wife: the late Evelyn Rose Hodgson, Waipukurau
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 14

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