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Major OLIVER HOGUE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

14th

Date of Death

Died 03 March 1919

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. J. 9.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Major Oliver Hogue an Australian who wrote several books and articles under the name "Trooper Blue Gum". He served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine before succumbing to influenza whilst on leave in the UK in 1919.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James A. and Jessie Hogue, of 43 Monaben Road, Mosman, Sydney.
  • Personal Inscription ''TROOPER BLUEGUM'' FOUGHT THROUGH THE GREAT WAR RESTS HERE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7052
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