HOGBEN, Kellick Gabriel
| Service Number: | S7894 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 March 1941, Saddleworth, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13 Field Regiment AMF |
| Born: | Manoora, South Australia, 8 April 1915 |
| Home Town: | Manoora, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Manoora, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 17 January 1998, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Riverton General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Manoora Honour Roll WW2, Riverton & District High School Roll of Honor WW2, Saddleworth & District R.S.L. Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Mar 1941: | Involvement Gunner, S7894 | |
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| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Saddleworth, SA | |
| 3 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S7894, 13 Field Regiment AMF | |
| 8 Nov 1945: | Discharged | |
| 8 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S7894, 13 Field Regiment AMF | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Gunner KELLICK GABRIEL HOGBEN
Service No: S7894
The son of John James Hogben and Beatrice Maud Powell, Kellick was born at Manoora on 6 April 1915. Describing himself as a self employed farmer, 25 year old Kellick enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces at Saddleworth on 3 March 1941. He was initially attached to 9/23 Light Horse before being transferred to 4th Military District Recce Coy on 30 December. In January 1942 Kellick attended a three week Mortar Course at Victoria Park.
Kellick married Elizabeth Gertrude (Betty) Monagan on 5 May 1942 and a month later, on 12 June, entrained for Victoria where he transferred to 48 Field Battery at Balcombe. The battery later moved to Holsworthy, New South Wales before an eventual move to Queensland where, in March 1943, it was detached to a staging camp at Yerongpilly, Brisbane.
On 31 March Kellick embarked on the “Duntroon” from Townsville and four days later disembarked at Port Moresby, New Guinea, where the 48 Field Battery was attached to 13 Field Regiment. Six days later Kellick, like so many others, was stuck down with diarrohea and evacuated to 2/9 Australian General Hospital. To overcome his dysreflexia he was transferred to 113 Convalescent Depot and then 1 Australian Corps Recreation Camp. Kellick finally rejoined his unit which embarked from Port Moresby on the “Thedens” and disembarked in Townsville on 18 October 1943.
The 13 Field Regiment was then based in the Atherton Tablelands where, on 2 November, Kellick was struck down with malaria and evacuated to 117 Australian General Hospital and then 2/12 AGH. After fourteen days he returned to his unit but on 20 January he was again evacuated to 2/12 AGH, for 5 days, with a foreign body in his right eye.
From 29 May until 2 July 1944 Kellick attended a Driver Mechanics Course before receiving the news that his daughter Judith Ann had been born on 15 December. In May 1945 Kellick undertook a Special Bulldozer Course at the LHQ School of Mechanisation at Atherton, North Queensland. On completion of the course he was recommended for future employment a Driver Tracked Tractor with a licence to operate an IH TD9.
Kellick was evacuated to hospital for a third time on 6 June 1945 with appendicitis. After 3 days at 2/2 AGH, he spent 9 days at 115 AGH and then 6 days recuperating at 21 ACD. Off the sick list he rejoined his unit until returning to South Australia for discharge at Hampstead on 8 November 1945.
Kellick died, aged 82, on 17 January 1998 and was buried in Riverton Cemetery with Elizabeth, who had died on 27 August 1990.
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