Herbert Thomas HOBBS

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Service Number:	NX6937
Enlisted:	6 May 1941, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Railway Construction Company (RAE)
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1914
Home Town:	Jindalee, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), New Britain, Pacific Islands, 9 February 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Row B, Plot A, Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS TASK FULFILLED... EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra RSL Honour Rolls, Cootamundra War Memorial

6 May 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX6937, Paddington, New South Wales
6 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX6937
9 Feb 1945:	Involvement Sapper, NX6937, 2nd/3rd Railway Construction Company (RAE)

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