Alf Hodgetts returned to Australia and married Annie Elizabeth Morrow. He became a tin miner in Irvinebank North Queensland and later worked on the warves in Cairns. He had seven daughters and two sons. He passed away in 1960 in Cairns Queensland. As of 2007 only two of his daughters survive. Alf had gone to South Africa to compete as a professional foot racer. He had some ability as a sprinter.