HODDINOTT R.

Given Names:  Rupert Uriah

Service Number:  25

Unit:  1st Signal Troop (1st Light Horse Brigade)                                                               

Rank:  Sapper 

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Age:  24 Yrs 

Occupation:  Surveyor                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  144 Lbs

Chest:  37 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:    Mrs J Hoddinott

c/- Bank of Australia, Threadneedle St, London, England                                                    

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Karroo A10

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

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Unit:  1st Signal Troop                                                                                                                   

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  22/5/1915                        

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  29708

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    12/8/1890

Place:  San Remo, Victoria                       

Father:  Joseph HODDINOTT                   

Mother:  Rebecca MILLER

MARRIAGE

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Spouse: Eleanor Lloyd Cockburn ANDERSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 5/3/1969                            

Place: Balwyn, Victoria                            

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Joined Royal Field Artillery, Imperial Army as a Lieutenant from 25/10/1915 to 11/11/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Lived at 84 Princess Street, Kew in 1914