Richard Dingley HOBBS

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HOBBS, Richard Dingley

Service Number:	3062
Enlisted:	15 September 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Rilla Mill, Cornwall, England., 1893
Home Town:	East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Wadham House, Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 August 1917
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Grave IV. C. 40. Personal Inscription: EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS FATHER MOTHER AND SISTERS,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Brisbane War Memorial, Kalbar War Memorial

World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3062, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3062, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3062, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion
27 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion
25 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion
20 Aug 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 3062, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3062 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-08-20

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 24 and the son of Richard Dingley Hobbs and Mary Ellen Hobbs, [nee Nicholls] of King St., East Brisbane, Queensland.

He is remembered on the Linkinhorne War Memorial in Cornwall.

He emigrated with his parents to Brisbane, Australia and worked a bricklayer. He was killed when a shell landed above a sap at Messines on 20th August, 1917.

Births Sep 1893 Hobbs Richard Dingley Liskeard 5c
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