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Town of Claremont Museum > Records

HODGKINSON, WILLIAM E. CR.

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B/W Prints. Three head and shoulder portraits of Councillor Hodgkinson. a) He is wearing a dark jacket and tie with a light coloured shirt, and is smiling, clean shaven and has short slicked back hair. Printed beneath [Hodgkinson 1964-65]. b) Hodgkinson is wearing similar clothing and appears to have aged since earlier photograph. Printed beneath [Hodgkinson 1967-68]. c) Hodgkinson is wearing a lighter jacket and patterned tie with a light coloured shirt. He is smiling and his grey hair is short and waved. Printed beneath [Hodgkinson 1971-72].

Historical information

Born in 1916, William Eric Hodgkinson married Thelma Esther Ashdown in 1943 and then Ethel Yvonne Chaloner in 1949. He was an accountant and lived at 5 Mitford Street, Swanbourne.

Hodgkinson was a Town of Claremont Councillor from 1964-1984 and Deputy Mayor from 1971-72.

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