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Australians
in the Boer War
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | HODGKINSON |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | William Oswald |
| Regimental Number | | |
| Rank | | Captain |
| Unit Name | | 7th Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld) |
| State | | Qld |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: 'A'Sqn. S. Coastal Districts.
B5207: railway draftsman from Hamilton Brisbane, next of kin from WA.
URL1: railway draftsman aged 35 c/- Hamilton Qld., born in Rockhampton next of kin mother in E. Perth WA.
URL2: Captain HODGKINSON has returned from South Africa [c9.1902] in the nick of time, as just before his arrival his bride, whom he married a few days before he left, was burnt out of her father's house in South Brisbane. The conflagration which entirely destroyed Mr. NEYLAN's house in Boundary Street, West End, also reduced to cinders all Mrs. HODGKINSON's beautifully embroidered bridal trousseaux. Captain and Mrs. HODGKINSON are now staying at Hay's Hotel, Melbourne Street. Captain HODGKINSON is a brother of the smart and pretty little lady who married the oculist, Dr. Robert THOMPSON.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 531
B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207
B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418
Qld.Figaro: The Queensland Figaro newspaper date(s) 4.9.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=682926&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84124402 |
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