Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Richard Hobley
Richard Hobley
Service number: 390
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: HOBLEY, Serjt. Richard, 390. 8th Australian Light Horse. 9th Aug., 1916. Age 23. Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Hobley, of Rosebud, Dromana, Victoria, Australia. Native of Rosebud, Victoria.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Richard Hobley from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 390 |
Place of birth | Rosebud, Victoria |
School | Rosebud State School No. 2627, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Leongatha, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, William Hobley, Whelans Ro, Leongatha, Victoria |
Enlistment date | 19 September 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
Place of death or wounding | Bir-el-abd, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No Known Grave |
Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Elizabeth HOBLEY, Rosebud, Dromana, Victoria. Native of Rosebud, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2027 Sergeant Joseph HOBLEY DCM, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919; 5116 Pte George HOBLEY, 11th Bn, retutrned to Australia, 22 February 1917. |
Other details | Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Richard Hobley