HOBSON, Edgar Septimus
| Service Number: | 477 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Dental Details: AIF |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1876 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dental Surgeon |
| Died: | East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 April 1936, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Plot: Section 4, Grave 177 |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial, Wynnum & Manly Sailing Club Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1889: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 477, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 477, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 142, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 477, 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. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 477, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, bBk 3 p. 142, notes resignation from rank of Corporal 9 Apr 1901. 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 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, Dental Details: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Lieutenant, Dental Details: AIF, SS Indarra, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in both the South Afiican (Boer) war and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 477, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Lieutenant, Australian Medical Corps- Dental Unit, AIF, WW1.
When Edgar Septimus Hobson 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 father St. Albans, Manning St, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 142, it is noted he directed part of his pay to Mr. E. J. Hobson (his father).
He enlisted again in 1917 for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 22 Oct 1917, it was noted that; he was born at Maryborough on 21 Jul 1876 and was 41 years and 2 months old; he was married and a Dental Surgeon; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Edith Louisa Hobson, East Brisbane; and he had previously served with the 5th QIB in South Africa.
Edgar Septimus Hobson was born on 21 Jul 1876 at Maryborough, a son to Edmund Jephson Hobson and Ellen Hobson (nee Bailey). He married Edith Louisa Hitchcock on 8 Dec 1903 at All Saint's Church, Fortitude Valley. They had 5 children and lived at East Brisbane while he practised as a Dental Surgeon at Wooloongabba. He was well known in yatching circles having been a foundation member of the South Brisbane Sailing Club and a life member of the Royal Queensland Yatch Club.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 142; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; Obituary- The Courier Mail, 8 May 1936).
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