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HOBLEY, Christopher Charles
Personal Details
Other Name: | Hobley, Christopher - Service Records |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 666, 11th Infantry Battalion, Helena Vale, Western Australia | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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)