HOBBINS, Henry Bartlett
| Service Number: | 5395 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Coromby, Victoria, July 1877 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | Port Fairy, Victoria, 14 June 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Fairy Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5395 | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5395, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5395, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5395, 1st Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born July 1877 in Coromby, Victoria
Father John Henry Hobbins and Mother Ellen Hobbins (nee Fraser)
lived at 25 Napier Street, Essendon, VIC on enlisting.
WIFE: Sarah Jane Elizabeth Hobbins (nee Kenny), lived at 190 Park Street, Essendon, Victoria
(d. 19/5/1966 Port Fairy, buried with Henry at Port Fairy Cemetery)
Sister: Annie May King (nee Hobbins) - lived at 8 Hurd Street, Portland, VIC
Next of kin in service:
Brother
914 Gunner Albert Archibald Hobbins
20/08/1914 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
20/10/1914 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard Transport A9 Shropshire
as a Driver with Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4
01/10/1917 killed instanteously by a shell - as he was riding on a limber (cart)
(he and 6 horses died together) - Hell Fire Corner, Menin Road,
Ypres, Belgium
03/10/1917 Buried at:
Dickebushch Cemetery (by mates of his in his battery)
Major Oakley conducted the service and a cross was erected with
his name and number on it
28/02/1918 exhumed and reburied in:
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium
Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 2
His name is commemorated on Panel 12 at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
Henry was described on enlisting as 39 years 6 months of age; married; 5' 7.5" tall;
152 lbs; dark complexion; brown eyes; black hair; Church of England
14/01/1916 enlisted in Melbourne, VIC
31/03/1916 appointed to 17th reinforcements, 7th Battery, Broadmeadows Camp
04/04/1916 embarked Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A14 Euripides
as a Private with 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
12/05/1916 disembarked into Suez, Egypt
25/05/1916 transferred to 1st Pioneer Training Battalion
28/05/1916 embarked onboard Corsicon, ex Alexandria
11/06/1916 disembarked into Plymouth, England
16/11/1916 to be Acting Corporal Pioneer Training Battalion, England
22/02/1917 marched in from No.1 Company, to No.6 Company (H service)
20/03/1917 marched in from Larkhill
marched out to No.2 Com Depot, Weymouth
30/07/1917 Private with No.3 Com, Hurdcott, England
24/08/1917 Private with O/S training battalion, Fovant
07/11/1917 promoted to Corporal with Pioneer Training Battalion
03/04/1918 marched in from Pioneer Training Battalion Sutton Veny, England
12/05/1918 returned to Australia onboard D9 - trench fever in left foot (wallus rigidus)
05/07/1918 disembarked into Australia
03/06/1918 discharged from service
Medals: British War Medal (39446)
14/06/1952 passed away at Port Fairy, Victoria
Buried in: Port Fairy Cemetery, Port Fairy, VIC
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 15/01/2017. Lest we forget.