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Unit 14th Battalion Rank Captain Service no. -
Date of Death 27 April 1915 Place of Death Quinn's Post

Age

38
Cemetery Quinn's Post Details Sp. Mem. 11
Epitaph  
   
Next of Kin (Wife) HOGGART Rebecca J 35 Domain Rd East, South Yarra VIC
Parents Alexander and Elizabeth Hoggart  
Date of Birth 22 August 1876 Place of birth VIC Buangor Source 1
           

General

"In the three days and nights during which they held the post the companies of the 14th had lost one of their commanders, Captain Hoggart, and nearly a third of their men, mostly struck down by machine-gun fire as they tried to dig in.

The Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W, The Story of Anzac, volume 1, 11th edition, page 579 (source 1)


"Captain Hoggart and a number of men of the 14th were lost, being mostly struck down by machine-gun fire while trying to dig in."

The Official History of Australia in the war of 1914-1918, BEAN, C E W, The Story of Anzac, volume 2, 11th edition, page 90 (source 1)

   

Other Sources

 
Photo Gallipoli Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave their lives for their country. MASSEY, Graeme (source 19)
Photo ANZAC Epitaphs (source 10)
Photo Anzac Memorial - 1917, page 257 (source 3)
Photo The Sydney Mail Newspaper, 12 May 1915, page 1 (source 15)
Photo The Age Newspaper, 6 May 1915, page 10 (source 44)
Photo The Argus Newspaper, 6 May 1915, page 8 (source 42)
Photo The Australasian Newspaper, 15 May 1915, page vii (source 31)
Photo The Daily Telegraph Newspaper, 8 May 1915, page 15 (source 70)
Newspaper article The Age Newspaper, 24 May 1915, page 11 (source 44)
Family details
Notes Gallipoli Heroes – a tribute to the men from Western Victoria who gave their lives for their country.  MASSEY, Graeme, page 59 (source 19)
 


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