Lieutenant William Roy HODGSON, a 22 year old Soldier from Colac, Victoria. He enlisted on 14 August 1914 and was allotted to the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, 5th Battery which embarked from embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914. During the Gallipoli Campaign he was Wounded in Action, 1 May 1915. He subsequently Returned to Australia 22 February 1917.

He was incorrectly reported as having Died of Wounds at Gallipoli,

Sydney Mail, 19 May 1915, p. 18.