Kenneth Harris HOBBS

Kenneth Harris HOBBS Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

HOBBS, Kenneth Harris

Service Number:	405
Enlisted:	24 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marden, South Australia, 26 April 1897
Home Town:	Paradise, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Died of wounds, Fleurbaix, France, 16 September 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbelltown WW1 Memorial, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Payneham Road Uniting (Methodist) Church Honor Roll, Payneham Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 405, Keswick, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 405, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 405, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 405, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
16 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 405, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 405 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-09-16

Help us honour Kenneth Harris Hobbs's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

"LATE SGT. K. H. HOBBS.

Sgt. Kenneth Harris Hobbs, of Paradise died on September 16 of wounds received in France. He was the eldest surviving son of Mr and Mrs. J. H. Hobbs, of Valcncia, Paradise, well-known and highly respected residents of that district. He left for the front last November, and was wounded in July. After recovering he returned to the firing line, and then made the supreme sacrifice. He was a fine type of young Australian manhood. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and subsequently assisted his father in the orangery attached to the homestead. He was a zealous worker at the Payneham Road Methodist Sunday School." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 21 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia