William George HOGG
Personal
Born: 1895
Birthplace: Coimadai, Victoria
Parents: George William Hogg, Catherine Jane Watts
Died: 4 June, 1953
Place of death: Police Hospital, St Kilda, Victoria, Registration No. 5800
Burial place: Melton Cemetery, Melton, Victoria
Awards and Honours
- 1914-1915 Star
- British War Medal 1914-20
- Victory Medal
Battalions
Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4
Events
Enlistment
Regimental Service Number: 915
Enlistment date: 19 August, 1914 Broadmeadows, Victoria
Age at enlistment: 19 years 3 months
Address at enlistment: Toolern Vale, Victoria
Religion: Roman Catholic
Marital Status: Single
Next of kin: Father G.W. Hogg, Toolern Vale, Victoria
Physical Description: Height: 5 foot 9 inches
Weight: 11 stones 8 pounds
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Distinctive marks: Vaccination x 4 1, Old scar left thumb, Old scar left knee
Embarkation ship: A9 Shropshire.
Rank: Bombardier
Return Date: 8 October, 1918
Return Vessel: Port Sydney.
Arrival at Australia: 2 December, 1918.
Discharge Date: 31 January, 1919
War Service Summary
19/08/1914 - Joined Field Artillery Brigade 2 4th Battery
20/10/1914 - Embarked from Melbourne on transport A9 Shropshire
03/06/1915 - Joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
19/01/1916 - Promoted to Gunner
22/03/1916 - Proceeded to Alexardria, Egypt to join British Expeditionary Force.
28/3/1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France
07/02/1917 - To hospital with Mumps
28/02/1917 - Re-joined unit from hospital
27/07/1917 - To hospital with Trench Fever, Belgium
17/09/1917 - Re-joined from hospital
06/11/1917 - Wounded Gas, to hospital, Belgium
29/11/1917 - Re-joined from hospital
08/12/1917 - To 1st Division Artillery, France
24/02/1918 - On Leave, U.K.
13/03/1918 - Re-joined
01/02/1918 Appointed A/Bombardier t
04/061918 - Promoted to Bombardier
08/10/1918 - Embarked at Taranto for Australia
War Service Commemerated
Life After the War
1924 - Married Adeline Wilhelmina Wilson. They had three daughters place/s of residence
West Brunswick, Victoria
Occupations: joined Victoria Police Force about 1919 rising to the rank of Superintendent.
Received the Police Valor Badge 1923 when stationed in Gunbower, Victoria.
An article in the Argus 5th June 1953 about his death mentions that he landed at Gallipoli on Anzac Day 1915.
Additional Information
Melton Express
Saturday 7 September 1918, P 2
TOOLERN VALE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDRNT.)
Planting the Honor Avenue took place in the Toolern Park on Saturday last. The scheme adopted involved two concave semi-circles, facing the road, the converging points being 16ft. apart. Between these two points it is intended to erect the Honor Tablet, when the design has been approved; two specially selected shrubs were planted at this point, known as Thuja Doniana, a new and very handsome type of evergreen. The rest of the trees are golden cypresses. The line of the semi-circles was arranged well in advance of the cypress hedge (which was planted three years ago) and forms a background to the whole plantation. The blend of coloring from the golden-tinted trees against the dark green hedge will give a very fine effect in a few years time. The planting was carried, out under supervision and the trees well watered and thoroughly mulched to preserve the moisture on account of the lateness of the season for planting.
The list of those who enlisted from the North Riding contains 20 names and a corresponding number of trees were planted. Precedence was given in the order of planting to those who have made the supreme sacrifice. The list is as follows:-
R. J. Wynne, A. Cameron, H. Foster, W. G. Hogg, A. G. Tedcastle, E. Cameron, N. Cameron, J. Clarke, J. S. Farrell, O. Jurd, A. Lachmund, S. J. T. McCorkell, R. J. MacPherson, A. P. Missen, G. A. G. Smith, G. Snowden, R. Gault, D. Cameron, J. H. Bartrop, R. Bartrop. …..
The Argus
9 June 1953, page 6
Many senior police officials and retired and present members of the force attended the police funeral yesterday of Superintendent William George Hogg.
Supt. Hogg, 57, was stationed at Swan Hill.
He died last Thursday after an illness.
He was a holder of the Police Valor Badge, and his name appeared on the Queen's Medal list on Corronation Day.
Supt. Hogg served for more than four years during the 1914-18 war.
The funeral cortege, led by the police band, mounted troopers, and motor-cycle patrols, passed through the town of Melton to the Melton Cemetery.
Sources
Service Record
Nominal Roll
Embarkation Roll
Regimental / unit records
Newspaper Accounts