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Cyril Freeman HOBBS

Regimental number5144
Place of birthBeford, England
SchoolCamberwell Grammar School, London, England
Other trainingMotor and Electrical Engineering
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngine fitter
AddressWoodburn, Uralla, New England, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, L Hobbs, 86 Holmdene Avenue, Herne Hill, London SE, England
Previous military serviceMiddlesex Yeomanry
Enlistment date27 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 19 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Rollaemm Company
FateKilled in Action 9 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLapugnoy Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row F, Grave No. 15), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Luther and Charlotte HOBBS, 86 Holmedene Avenue, Herne Hill, London, England. Native of Oxford, England
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 9
Date: 24 January 1918

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