LOBLEY, Thomas
| Service Number: | 2934 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Neville, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Neville, Blayney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Blayney, Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1982, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Blayney Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Memorial ID: 176282444t from Find a grave. |
| Memorials: | Blayney Pictorial Honour Roll No 1, Blayney and Milthorpe District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Received a gunshot would to Right leg | |
| 31 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas (A60) England to Fremantle, Australia 31 May - 12 July 1919 | |
| 31 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2934, 54th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Lobley, Neville, New South Wales
Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Thomas Lobley was born in Neville, New south Wales on the 25th of January 1891. His father, George Lobley, was 40 and his mother, Ann Carter, was 41. Thomas was the eldest of his 3 siblings. He had a younger sister and 2 younger brothers. Before his enlistment, Thomas Lobley was a potato farmer. He also had no prior military service before his enlisted. Thomas’s was an only child. His religion was a part of the church of England.
Thomas Lobley enlisted at Bathurst New south Wales on the 3rd of July 1916. After a while he travelled to Sydney, before embarking on the HMAT Ascanius A11 on the 25th of October 1916. It was not stated when or where he underwent training. He then disembarked in Devonport on the 28th of December 1916. He then boarded an unregistered ship to Rolleston, England and somehow marched into France, from there. When Thomas arrived in France, he joined the 54th battalion as the 7th reinforcement. Thomas got sick multiple times both in 1917 and was submitted and released from the hospital both times. The first time spent in the hospital was about a month and the second time for only 5 days. During his stay at the hospital, his unit was engaged in Flanders. On the 1st of September 1918 he was wounded at the battle of Perone with a gunshot in the leg. His battalion had been fighting at Anvil Wood, and they were critical to the capture of Peronne, which fell on 2nd of September 1918, the day after he got shot. After getting shot in the leg, Thomas stayed at a hospital in England for a year before returning back to Australia on the HMAT Aeneas where he disembarked in Fremantle.
After arriving back in Australia, Thomas married Alice Victoria Lobley (who was born in Gordon) in 1922, at age 30 in marriage place. Alice was born in 1897. The same year their first child was birthed, named Gladys Isobel Lobley. Two years later they hade their second child, Dorothy Jean Lobley. 2 years later, Alice gave birth to their third child a boy named Alan Thomas Lobley. Sadly, Alan passed away two months later. 3 years after they had their fourth child; Gordon Keith Lobley. 2 years later they had their fifth child, Noela Lobley. Four years later they had their sixth child, Milton James Lobley. And 2 years later they had their last child Brian Kenneth Lobley.
Thomas’s Mother, George Lobley passed away in 1954 aged 87 and his father in 1960 at age 95. 25 years later, Thomas’s wife Alice passed away in 1979 aged 82; and Thomas passed away in 1982 at the ripe age of 91.
Reference list
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