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Cyril Moore HOBLER

Regimental number3346
Place of birthLairuz, North Queensland
Place of birthCairns, Queensland
SchoolBrisbane School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSurveyor
Address'Bona Vista', Sandgate, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, George A Hobler, Ravenswood, Huntingtower Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name6th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/25/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularOnly son of George Alexander Hobler, Chief Engineer Ways and Works, Commonwealth Railways
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24.8
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXV, Row G, Grave No. 3), France Also recorded in Memorial Register No.26. Villers-Bretonneux - France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Antoinette HOBLER, Heath Cross Street, Double Bay, Sydney

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