Wyndham History

Matthew Leo Hogan (1897-1939)

Item

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Dublin Core

Type

Title

Matthew Leo Hogan (1897-1939)

Contributor

Date

1918

Publisher

Wyndham City Libraries

Format

text

Language

eng

World War One Veterans Item Type Metadata

Name

Matthew Leo Hogan

Birth Date

Service Number

64209

Enlistment Date

Next of Kin

Phillip Hogan
Father

Address at time of Enlistment

Unknown

Occupation

Marital Status

Single

Death Date

Place of Burial

Fawkner Memorial Park,
Fawkner, Victoria

Biographical Text

No.64209  Private Matthew Leo Hogan
Matthew Leo Hogan was born on 6 December 1897 near Tungamah, Victoria to Phillip Francis and Ann Bridget Hogan (nee Daly).
He had two brothers:
  • Phillip Francis
  • Thomas James
and one sister
  • Mary Monica 
He lived at 62 Rutland Road Box Hill Victoria.
[Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, about 260 kilometres from Melbourne].

War Service
Matthew enlisted into the Army at Melbourne, Victoria on 20 May 1918.  He was aged twenty years and five months and was five feet and seven and a half inches tall. Matthew weighed 137 pounds and had a chest measurement of 35 to 37 and a half inches.  His complexion was listed as dark, with grey eyes and brown hair.  His next of kin was listed as his father, Mr. Phillip Hogan, Beechworth, Victoria.  All of this was recorded at the time of his enlistment.

Matthew passed his riding test for the Light Horse at Broadmeadows, Victoria and then volunteered to serve in Egypt in the 5th General Service Reinforcements.  Matthew embarked from Sydney, New South Wales per S.S. "Port Darwin" on 14 September 1918.  He disembarked at Suez ex Port Darwin on 20 October 1918 and marched into the Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot, Moascar Egypt on 20 October 1918. He was taken on strength at the 15th Light Horse Regiment.

Matthew commenced his return to Australia from Suez on board HT Dongola Kantara on 26 July 1919. He disembarked at Melbourne on the 28 August 1919 and was discharged on 9 September 1919.

Post War
According to the 1919 Australia Electoral roll (Victoria, 1919, Flinders, Frankston) Matthew, his father Phillip and his mother Ann were living at Main Road Hastings, Victoria. The electoral roll had Phillip (1433) listed as railway employee, Matthew (1432) as retired soldier and Ann (1428) as home duties.

Matthew Hogan died in 6 December 1939 at Fairfield, Melbourne Victoria aged 41 and is buried at Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Victoria.

Medals and Entitlements:

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Bibliography

Bibliography
Citation NAA: B2455, HOGAN M L 64209

Army records
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/search

Family records
http://www.ancestry.com.au

Medals and Entitlements

British War Medal
Victory Medal

Citation

“Matthew Leo Hogan (1897-1939),” Wyndham History, accessed October 4, 2023, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/1751.

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