hilary harding "paddy" hogg (18 july 1913 – ) born at st. kilda, victoria, was raised in echuca by his aunt and uncle capt. charles anderson. he had an engineering workshop in echuca and was involved in petty crime in 1930, opened a timber mill 1938, then a radio and electrical shop. he gained dual qualifications as ship's engineer and riverboat captain; skippered "alexander arbuthnot" in 1942, then "hero", when he ran foul of the fisheries laws. he enlisted with the aif as engineer with the 12th small ships company, and was court-martialed on 25 june 1946. he sold up his electrical goods store early in 1948. appointed master of "murrumbidgee" 1947, he was captain of this vessel when his 6-week old son lawrence hilary died 1948; the coroner could find no cause of death. a month later, on 29 november 1948, the "murrumbidgee" burnt to the waterline while hogg was skipper; his conduct during this emergency was praised. he was appointed first master of the "murrumbidgee ii", soon after renamed "coonawarra". he was involved in the 1953 restoration of the paddle steamer "canberra". he was cited as co-respondent in the 1954 divorce of neil dryburgh wallace and pearl royal wallace (née collins). he and his wife had four children: beverley, patricia, william and mavis.