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GOBLE, Herbert
| Service Number: | 6253 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macclesfield, South Australia, 13 May 1872 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street State School, |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | Senility, Age and Rheumatism, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 September 1927, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3N, Site No: 9 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6253, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6253, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6253, 10th Infantry Battalion, Deployed France - Returned to England medically unfit | |
| 26 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6253, 10th Infantry Battalion, Discharged from AIF medically unfit due to severe rheumatism |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Born Macclesfield to James Goble and Carolyne Harris.
James had a sister Amelia sponsored by Thomas Lemar to come out to South Australia. Thomas had married Marry-Anne Goble in Kent UK and lived near Macclesfield at a place called Paris Creek. It is not known if James had also been sponsored or simply followed his sisters?
James father (Herberts Grand Father ) John Atkins Goble had served at Waterloo with the 7th Hussars (as well as the Penisular Campaigns with the 13th Light Dragoons.
James was a local special police constable, pound keeper, Inn Licensee (Meadows) in the Macclesfied area. The family moved to Adelaide by 1884.
Herbert had spend his early years in Mulberry cottage - main street Macclesfield which still exists today.
Married Florence Pynn - they had 4 children Herbert Edward, Roy James, Leonard Joseph & Edma May. All were granted a pension on 27 Oct 2017 (along with wife Florence and Herbert himself).
By occupation he was a Jewellery.
Noticed on enlistement severe signs of wasting to arms and shoulders - possible due to occupation.
He was quite old to join an Infantry Battalion - being 46 when he entered active service with is his Company.
Upon being medically discharged he returned home.
His marriage with Florence broke up 1 year before his passing in 1927 - and indications of alcohol issues. He was buried at West Terrace War Memorial - Adelaide.
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