DOBE, Henry
| Service Numbers: | 510, Q204821 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD) |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Cooroy, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Cooroy, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1952, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 7, Section 37 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 510, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 510, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 510, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504, notes severely wounded at Onverwacht 4 Jan 1902. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 510, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, Q204821, Page missing from Enlistment Register | |
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| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q204821, Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD), Yandina, Qld. | |
| 19 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 30 Apr 1944: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Wounded in action and taken Prisoner of War at Onverwacht 4th January 1902.
OBITUARY
Mr. Henry Dobe
On the 19th December last the death occurred at Cooroy of Mr. Henry Dobe, at the age of 69 years. He had resided in Coolum for the past 30 years. The late Mr. Dobe engaged in farming, particularly cane growing and also managed the affairs for the Coolum Land Syndicate on whose area he was growing cane until 1932. In recent years Mr. Dobe had managed Mr. Fred Walsh's dairy farm at Mt. Coolum. He carried out excellent drainage work in connection with the Coolum swamp project, and also had a good deal to do with the Coolum tramway. His interests were always devoted to the welfare and advancement of Coolum. He was a South African War veteran.
Deceased leaves his widow, four sons, Messrs. James (Cooroy). William (Yandina). Henry (Yeppoon) and Robert Dobe (Geelong Victoria), and three daughters, Mesdames T. McMahon (Brisbane) L. Peters (Cooroy) and Mrs Gantas (Sydney).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Henry Dobe served in both the South African (Boer) war and WW2 (home service).
His older brother John Dobe also served in the Boer war in the same 5th Qld Imperial Bushmen contingent, and again in WW1 where he was K.I.A. while serving in France.
When Henry Dobe enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. S. Dobe, Edith St, Paddington, Brisbane.
He enlisted again in 1942 for home service during WW2 and on his Attestation Form, dated 19 Apr 1942, it notes that; he was born at Ipswich and was 53 years 1 month of age; he was married and a farm hand/dairy farmer; and his N.O.K. was his wife Flora Hannah Dobe, Coolum via Yandina.
Henry Dobe was born on 21 Jul 1883 at Ipswich, a son to Henry Dobe and Sophia Dobe (nee Butterfield). He married Flora Hannah Brown Wardrop and they had 6 children. They were long time residents in the Coolum area where he pursued interests in farming both cane and dairying before retiring to Cooroy.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 22; National Archives Australia- WW2 service record).
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