KLOBE, Reinhold Otto
| Service Number: | 1967 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bangerang, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Adealide, South Australia, 12 August 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1967, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1967, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jun 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 8th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Reinhold was the fourth of five children of Johann Dienegott Klobe (b1849 in Germany) and second wife Maria Pauline Biesse (b1859 in Hochkirch, Victoria). Johann arrived in Port Adelaide with his parents in August 1856 on board the August. In 1921 he was a Farmer at Bangerang near Warracknabeal, Victoria where he and Maria raised their family.
Reinhold was a Grocer in Bangerang in January 1913 when he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:1967). He failed to embark (HMAT Hororata) with 8th Infantry Battalion on 17 April 1914 and was listed as 'apparently deserted'. Reinhold suffered from rheumatism and was Medically Discharged in June 1915.
Returning to Warracknabeal, Reinhold was a Farmer in 1916 when he married Annie Aveline Conduit (b1892 in Ararat, Victoria. Annie was a Tailoress living in Warracknabeal. Reinhold and Annie moved to Adelaide, South Australia in 1917, and raised their family there. Reinhold worked as a Motorman and both he and Annie died in 1950.