‘When he came back, some kids let firecrackers off in our street . . . my father nearly died!
My mum had him sit in the gutter to recover. They were very frail when they came back.’

Descendant: Jeanette Kate Rembowski
Age: 93
Profession: Bookkeeper, records officer (retired)
Nationality: Australian

Ancestor: William Henry Hodson (1888–1946)
Relationship to subject: Father 
Profession: Master bricklayer
Army: Australian Imperial Force 
Post in Gallipoli: 2nd Infantry Battalion