1946 Lt. Col. William R. Hodgson signed note with 1958 obituary newspaper clipping. 3x5inches and 5x9inches Lieutenant Colonel William Roy Hodgson, CMG, OBE (22 May 1892 24 January 1958) was an Australian soldier, public servant and diplomat. His significant achievements were being involved in the formation of the United Nations General Assembly and representing Australia internationally at many diplomatic conferences during the Second World War, and being a member of the drafting committee of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.