HOBDEN, George Edwin
| Service Number: | 2588 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1916, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boggabri, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Boggabri, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | South Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1941, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-146. 37. |
| Memorials: | Baan Baa Roll of Honour WW1, Boggabri War Memorial, Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2588, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney | |
| 1 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW (left leg) | |
| 15 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), 2nd occasion | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion | |
| 18 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 34th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 5th November 1941, Private Hugh George (Edwin) Hobden M.I.D., 34th Battalion (Reg No-2588), labourer from Maule's Creek, Boggabri, New South Wales and Pine Avenue, South Cardiff, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 44. ANGLICAN 2-146. 37.
Born at Boggabri, New South Wales on the 7th June 1897 as Hugh George to Robert Alfred, died 30.6.1947, Narrabri, N.S.W., age 99, no funeral or cemetery located, and Sarah Ann Hobden nee Cupples, died 28.1.1918, Narrabri, N.S.W., age?, no funeral or cemetery located; husband of Edna Aldine (Adeline, Aldene) Hobden nee Urquhart, married 1923, Wickham, N.S.W., died 3.9.1943, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 37, sleeping here, from Pine Avenue, South Cardiff, N.S.W., Hugh enlisted on the 25th July 1916 as George Edwin at Armidale, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Napier on the 17th November 1916.
Disembarked Devonport, England 29.1.1917.
Admitted to hospital 6.4.1917 (bronchitis).
Wounded in action - 1.7.1917 (GSW left leg, mild, Messines, Belgium), 15.6.1918 (GSW arm), 22.8.1918 (GSW side, near Bray-sur-Somme, France).
Granted leave to England from 6.11.1918 to 22.11.1918.
Mentioned in Despatches.
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11th July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30th October 1919).
Recommendation date: 7th February 1919.
Commenced return to Australia 12.6.1919.
Hugh arrived home on the 10th August 1919, being discharged on the 18th September 1919.
Mr. Hobden’s name has been inscribed on the Baan Baa Roll of Honour WW1, Boggabri War Memorial and the Coonabarabran War Memorial Clock Tower.
I have placed poppies at Hugh’s refurbished gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
An individual Memorial Wall Plaque has been placed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall by persons unknown.
4 brothers served 1st A.I.F.
Older brother Percy Wally Hobden, born 4.9.1884, Boggabri, New South Wales, single labourer from Maule's Creek, Boggabri, N.S.W. or Square & Compass Hotel, George Street, Sydney, N.S.W., enlisted 3.3.1916, 11th & 19th Battalion, Reg No-6037A, transferred to 3rd Battalion 12.5.1918, wounded in action - 20.6.1918 (GSW head), 25.8.1918 (gassed), RTA 14.3.1919, died 24.11.1968, Gunnedah, N.S.W., age 84, resting at Boggabri General Cemetery, N.S.W., officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...,
Older brother Robert Leslie Hobden, referred to as Les, born 6.6.1893, Boggabri or Tamworth, New South Wales, single labourer from Maule's Creek, Boggabri, N.S.W., enlisted 13.3.1916, 18th Battalion, Reg No-5917, wounded in action - 20.9.1917 (GSW leg, fingers), 9.8.1918 (GSW upper arm), RTA 8.8.1919, died 26.8.1965, Gunnedah, N.S.W., age 72, resting at Boggabri General Cemetery, N.S.W., officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...,
Older brother Joseph Edmund or Edmond Hobden, referred to as Ted or Eddie, born 15.8.1895, Boggabri, New South Wales, single labourer from Maule's Creek, Boggabri, N.S.W., enlisted 7.10.1916, 34th Battalion, Reg No-2712, admitted to hospital 13.2.1917 (bronchitis), transferred to 13th Battalion 25.5.1917, RTA 20.8.1919, also served WW2, Service No N102362, died 9.8.1960, Gunnedah, N.S.W., age 64, resting at Boggabri General Cemetery, N.S.W., not officially commemorated.
See The Harrower Collection - https://harrowercollection.com.au/#
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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