Thomas HOGAN

Birthplace
Gowrie Junction
Resided
Gowrie Junction
Occupation
Fireman
Enlisted
27-August-1915
Place
Toowoomba
Age
22
Status
Single
Service No
4509
Rank
Private
Unit
9th Battalion, 14th Reinforcements
Embarked
31-January-1916
Place
Brisbane
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
23-July-1916
Place
Pozieres, France
Cemetery or Memorial
Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Notes

Name on ROH: T.J. HOGAN

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial, Gowrie Junction Honour Roll and Toowoomba Railway Honour Board.

 

Thomas Hogan arrived in France in May 1916 and went to the front in July. Eleven days later he was declared missing in action at Pozieres. It was later confirmed he had been killed in action although his parents were not notified for several months. His body was never found.