Christopher Charles HOBLEY

HOBLEY, Christopher Charles

Other Name: Hobley, Christopher - Service Records
Service Number: 666
Enlisted: 4 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: 67 Gordon Street, Lemitong, Northampton, England, April 1890
Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling: St Paul's Church School, Northampton, England
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Boulder Goldfields First Enlistments WWI Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Helena Vale, Western Australia
2 Nov 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
2 Nov 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Mar 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F per H.M.T. "Suffolk"
25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Right Leg
25 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked ANZAC, Gallipoli
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Re-joined Battalion - Gallipoli
27 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation
29 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Corsican"
5 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
18 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

'Worked as a newspaper boy for W.H. Smith & Son, Northampton, England. Worked in Western Australia for Mr Guyhair and Mr J Conway, Kunjinn. Was working in the gold mine when the war broke out at Kalgoorlie, W.A.' (details from father)