Two of his brothers also served in the First AIF: Lieutenant Stephen James Hogue (1889-1978), Australian Army Medical Corps (A.A.M.C.
[9] Another brother, John Roland Hogue (1882-1958), was a talented professional singer (baritone), Broadway, film, and U.S. television actor, and playwright.
[11] Hogue attended Forest Lodge Public School in Sydney,[12] 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.
[18] Having survived the war, he was admitted to the 3rd General Hospital in London, on 27 February 1919, "dangerously ill" during the influenza epidemic of 1919.