LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Douglas Arthur HODSON
Service No: 68525
Born: Granville NSW, 30 June 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 August 1942
Unit: No. 1 Air Observers School
Died: Illness, Concord West NSW, 22 October 1943, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Arthur and Grace Charlotte Hodson, of Cootamundra
Roll of Honour: Cootamundra NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cootamundra War Memorial, Cootamundra NSW
Remembered: Cootamundra Ex-Servicemen’s and Citizens Memorial Club Rolls of Honour, Cootamundra NSW
On 1 September 1943, Aircraftman Class I Hodson, a Trainee Technician, was admitted to Station Sick Quarters with vague pains in the limbs and various joints. He was transferred to No. 1 RAAF Hospital on 8 September 1943, suffering from acute Lymphatic Leukaemia. On 21 September 1943, he was transferred to No. 3 RAAF Hospital, Concord West, and he died on 22 October 1943 at 2320 hours.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/18/178
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line