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| Walter Bucknall HOBLER (1870 - 1953) |
| sugar farmer |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Walter Bucknall HOBLER (1870 - 1953) + Minnie Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT ( - 1962) |
Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1825 - 1889) | George HOBLER (1800 - 1882) | James Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1765 - 1844) | |
| Mary FURBY (1765 - 1846) | ||||
| Ann TURNER (1801 - 1867) | John A TURNER (1759 - ) | |||
| Mary TREMLETT (1763 - ) | ||||
| Jessie Ann LEARMONTH (1838 - 1910) | Alexander LEARMONTH (1809 - 1874) | John Livingston LEARMONTH (1783 - 1863) | ||
| Margaret WATSON (1788 - 1872) | ||||
| Mary Ann HORNCASTLE (1820 - 1838) | ||||
| b. 14 Oct 1870 at Queensland, Australia |
| m. 20 May 1913 Minnie Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT ( - 1962) at Queensland, Australia |
| d. 24 Jun 1953 at Queensland, Australia aged 82 |
| Parents: |
| Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1825 - 1889) |
| Jessie Ann LEARMONTH (1838 - 1910) |
| Events in Walter Bucknall HOBLER (1870 - 1953)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 14 Oct 1870 | Walter Bucknall HOBLER was born | Queensland, Australia | 1870/C002820 | ||
| 25 Jan 1889 | 18 | Death of father Francis Helvetius HOBLER (aged 63) | Queensland, Australia | 1889/C004916 | |
| 28 Apr 1910 | 39 | Death of mother Jessie Ann LEARMONTH (aged 72) | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | 1910/C002965 | |
| 20 May 1913 | 42 | Married Minnie Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT | Queensland, Australia | ||
| 19 Jan 1916 | 45 | Enlisted Australian Infantry Forces | |||
| 11 May 1916 | 45 | Embarked | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 07 Jul 1917 | 46 | Discharged | |||
| 24 Jun 1953 | 82 | Walter Bucknall HOBLER died | Queensland, Australia | 1953/C2249 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 176 lbs (in 1916) Eye Colour: Blue Hair Colour: Dark Brown Complexion: Medium WWI Service No. 21361 Enlisted: 19/01/1916 (assigned to 9th Brigade, Enoggera, Brisbane QLD AUS) Artillery Gunner To Sydney on 12/4/1916 Embarked from Sydney onboard the Argyllshire, 11/05/1916 Disembarked in Devonport on 10/7/1916 Appointed as a driver based in England 25/8/1916 Sent to France 1917 Transferred to the 7th 6/01/1917 Rank: Private Septic leg, battle field in France 20/2/1917 Suffered from Eczmea 5/03/1917 Discharged from the 3rd Aux Hospital 12/04/1917 Transfered from Graylingwell and readmiited to the 3rd Aux Hosptial 19/03/1917 Returned to Australia for Home Service due to chronic deafness; sailed onboard the Runic : 4/05/1917 Transferred from the 7th to the 9th 1/07/1917 Discharged 7/07/1917 Awarded the 1914/15 Star; the British War Medal and the Victory Medal W.B. Hobler, Gunner, 108th Howitzer Battery - Invalid heading home and on his way to Jandowae to visit his brother, F.H. Hobler. (Source: Toowoomba Chronicle, Saturday, July 14, 1917, page 5) |