Hodgson John William Gunner 917057 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Hodgson John William
|Army number=917057
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=4/1/1907.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 3/1/1941. Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes. Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
|Died/Killed in action=
|Home address=No family information as yet.
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 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
 |Date of birth=4/1/1907.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery 3/1/1941.  Posted to 74th Field Regiment (although entry on Tracer Card has been deleted).  Posted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 31/8/1941.  (The Field Regiment had been converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery).  Posted overseas 25/10/1941.  Declared MISSING in Malaya 15/2/1942.  Taken Prisoner of War when Singapore was surrendered 15/2/1942.   Recovered from Japanese PoW Camp.  Returned to the UK.  Posted to Y List - Japanese - 15/11/1945.  Granted Y Release 17/2/1946.  Relegated to the Z. T. Reserve 31/5/1946.  Demobilised.
+|Age=61 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Gunner.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 24/3/1964 at Sunderland.  Probate granted 29/4/1964 at Durham Registry.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=In the 1911 Census he is shown as 3 years old, living with his parents, John and Caroline, at Dock House, North Docks, Sunderland.  Married Mary L. Willis in April 1933 at Sunderland.  In the 1939 Register he is listed as married and working as a Shipyard Labourer.
 }}