Oliver Hogue

Oliver Hogue (29 April 1880 – 3 March 1919) was an Australian soldier, journalist, and poet.

Family

The second son of James Alexander Hogue (1846-1920), and Jessie Hogue (1853-1932), née Robards, Oliver Hogue (one of twins), was born at Darlington, New South Wales on 29 April 1880.

He had five brothers and four sisters.

Two of his brothers also served in the First AIF: Lieutenant Stephen James Hogue (1889-1978), Australian Army Medical Corps (A.A.M.C.), and Private Frank Arthur Hogue (1885-1949). Another brother, John Roland Hogue (1882-1958), was a talented professional singer (baritone), Broadway, film, and U.S. television actor, and playwright. One of his sisters, Anne Christina Hogue (1892-1964), was Tien Hogue, the Australian actress of stage and the silent screen, who later married Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt, K.B., C.B.

Early life

Hogue attended Forest Lodge Public School in Sydney, and was active in shooting and equestrianism. In his youth, Hogue was also an avid cyclist who logged thousands of miles cycling across the country's eastern and northern coasts.

Journalism

In July 1907, Hogue joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a junior reporter.

Military service

In September 1914, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a trooper with the 6th Light Horse Regiment. He became a second lieutenant in November 1914, shortly after which he and the 2nd Light Horse Brigade were posted to Egypt. Hogue fought the Battle of Gallipoli but was sent to England midway after contracting typhoid fever. In May 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant and appointed as an orderly officer to brigade commander Colonel Granville Ryrie.