| Place | Oceania: Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0353 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 folders: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Hodgkinson, Samuel Charles Lindsay |
| Date made | 1912-1914 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/211 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Hodgkinson, Samuel Charles Lindsay (Lieutenant)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Samuel Charles Lindsay Hodgkinson, RAN, Australia, 1912-1915. Collection includes letter to his brother Joseph, mainly discussing family matters & Hodgkinson's work with training naval cadets, mimeographed copies of ship's orders, and a copy of a report into an incident involving HMAS Australia on 19 December 1914.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant Samuel Charles Lindsay Hodgkinson, HMAS Australia, who on 1 August 1915, died at the Royal Naval Hospital, South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. Other biographical details concerning him are: born Baslow, Derbyshire, England; educated at Lady Manners' School, Bakewell, Derbyshire, was an RNR officer for several years prior to May 1912, when presumably he joined the RAN; age at time of death, 28.