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Military service
Service number:
486689
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Pioneers
Division:
2nd Canadian Pioneers
Birth:
February 1, 1896
Parry Sound, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 18, 1915
Niagara, Ontario
Death:
February 16, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. I. 158.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Harriet Hodgson, of Pearceley, Ontario. He listed his civilian occupation as farmer and was single. Joining the 37th Battalion until he was transferred on 18 May 1916 to the 2nd Canadian Pioneers.
Pte Hodgson is commemorated on a memorial in Magnetawan, Ontario having made the supreme sacrifice.
Additional citations
There was no mention of medals earned by Pte Hodgsons' service file.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Hodgson
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Commemorative Plaque
Maganetawan, Ontario
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Hodgson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 430 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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