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John Elia Hodgetts

1877-1954

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1433

About

Born in New Zealand

5 April 1877
Parent

Mother

J. Hodgetts
Residence

Hometown

Wanganui
Work

Occupation

Quarryman

Employer

F. Loveday, Wanganui
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 77

29 June 1954

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 10/0055424, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Elia Hodgetts (1877-1954)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/388

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