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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

Near Relatives of Walter Bucknall HOBLER (1870 - 1953)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	George HOBLER	06 Sep 1800	Islington, London, Middlesex, England	1882	Alameda, California, USA	82
Grandmother	Ann TURNER	21 Dec 1801	Cadbury, Devon, England	22 Apr 1867	Alameda, California, USA	65
Grandfather	Alexander LEARMONTH	21 Nov 1809	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	08 Feb 1874	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia	64
Grandmother	Mary Ann HORNCASTLE	abt 1820	Scotland	1838	Scotland	18
Father	Francis Helvetius HOBLER	16 Jul 1825	Hertfordshire, England	25 Jan 1889	Queensland, Australia	63
Mother	Jessie Ann LEARMONTH	31 Jan 1838	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	28 Apr 1910	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	72
Self	Walter Bucknall HOBLER	14 Oct 1870	Queensland, Australia	24 Jun 1953	Queensland, Australia	82
Wife	Minnie Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT			abt 1962
Brother	Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER	26 Oct 1860	Portland, Victoria, Australia	06 Sep 1921	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	60
Sister	Mary Louisa HOBLER	1861	Portland, Victoria, Australia	1863	Queensland, Australia	2
Brother	George Alexander HOBLER	18 Jan 1864	Queensland, Australia	06 Oct 1935	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	71
Brother	Frederic Byerley HOBLER	05 Oct 1865	Queensland, Australia	04 Aug 1902	Mexico City, Mexico	36
Brother	William Learmonth HOBLER	30 Nov 1867	Queensland, Australia	19 Mar 1936	Queensland, Australia	68
Brother	Louis Edward HOBLER	14 Oct 1870	Queensland, Australia	1946	Queensland, Australia	76
Sister	Emily Jessie HOBLER	05 Nov 1871	Queensland, Australia	30 Jan 1874	Queensland, Australia	2
Sister	Minnie HOBLER	21 Jul 1875	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1962	Bromley, Kent, England	87
Sister	Ada May (Mary) HOBLER	04 Sep 1876	Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1877	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister	Agnes HOBLER	20 May 1878	Queensland, Australia	25 Oct 1950	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	72
Aunt	Mary HOBLER	16 Nov 1823	Hertfordshire, England
Uncle	John STACK	1822	Ireland
Uncle	George HOBLER	03 Aug 1827	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	11 May 1888	Hanford, California, USA	60
Aunt	Elizabeth Theodosia BRAUND	16 Jun 1837	England	18 Jan 1878	Hanford, California, USA	40
Uncle	John Turner HOBLER	03 Apr 1829	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	26 Jun 1829	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	0
Aunt	Emily Denton HOBLER	25 Nov 1830	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	16 Nov 1906	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	75
Uncle	William Henry BACCHUS			Jul 1887
Aunt	Elizabeth Anne HOBLER	17 Oct 1832	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	10 Jun 1848	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia	15
Uncle	Edward Turner HOBLER	15 Nov 1834	Killafaddy, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia	20 Sep 1871	Alameda, California, USA	36
Aunt	Alice (Ann) WRIGHT	1842	Ohio, USA
Uncle	Charles James HOBLER	16 Aug 1836	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	13 Dec 1918	Hanford, California, USA	82
Aunt	Rosanna HUNTER	22 Aug 1856	Canada	16 Nov 1940	USA	84
Uncle	Albert HOBLER	21 Jun 1838	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	03 Jul 1897	Fresno, California, USA	59
Aunt	Ada Louisa HOBLER	18 Apr 1840	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	15 Apr 1906	Alameda, California, USA	65
Uncle	John ELLSWORTH	07 Jan 1842	Hartford, CT, USA
Uncle	Louis William HOBLER	17 Aug 1844	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia	08 May 1906	Fresno, California, USA	61
Aunt	Maria M (Ria) (Bammie) FULLER	May 1850	Joseph, Michigan, USA	aft 1920		70
Cousin	Edward George Hobler STACK	03 Jun 1850	Mission Dolores, Californa, USA
Cousin	Ernest S HOBLER	21 Oct 1864	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	10 Dec 1921	USA	57
Cousin	Edith HOBLER	24 Apr 1866	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1940	Alameda, California, USA	74
Cousin	Ann HOBLER	02 Jan 1868	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	30 Jul 1948	Alameda, California, USA	80
Cousin	Jessie HOBLER	28 Dec 1869	Queensland, Australia	19 Nov 1951	Kings, California, USA	81
Cousin	Allison Otto HOBLER	31 Jul 1871	Hanford, California, USA	19 Dec 1945	Fresno, California, USA	74
Cousin	William Henry Arthur Hobler BACCHUS	1852	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1896	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	44
Cousin	George BACCHUS	1854	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1884	Murtoa, Victoria, Australia	30
Cousin	Annie Elizabeth BACCHUS	17 Oct 1855	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Emily BACCHUS	1857	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1869	Victoria, Australia	12
Cousin	Louisa BACCHUS	1859	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1862	Victoria, Australia	3
Cousin	Helen Ada BACCHUS	1861	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1862	Victoria, Australia	1
Cousin	Ada Louisa HOBLER	Nov 1868	California, USA
Cousin	William Clarence HOBLER	08 Oct 1869	California, USA
Cousin	Elizabeth Ann HOBLER	24 Aug 1875	Fresno, California, USA
Cousin	Rose Adeline HOBLER	1876	California, USA
Cousin	Bertha HOBLER	08 Aug 1878	California, USA
Cousin	Adolphus HOBLER	24 Jan 1882	California, USA
Cousin	Louis HOBLER	29 Nov 1886	California, USA
Cousin	Glarys HOBLER	Apr 1893	California, USA
Cousin	Grace HOBLER	03 Jul 1894	California, USA
Cousin	Lillian E HOBLER	27 Feb 1872	California, USA	21 Dec 1945	Soquel, Santa Cruz Co, California, USA	73
Cousin	Arthur HOBLER	1876	California, USA
Cousin	Laura HOBLER	1880	California, USA
Cousin	Sigmund Frankneau HOBLER	13 Jun 1883	Fresno, California, USA	07 Aug 1952	Sanger, California, USA	69
Cousin	Irma Buckley HOBLER	08 Mar 1890	Fresno, California, USA
Niece	Myola May HOBLER	27 Aug 1893	Queensland, Australia	14 Sep 1902	Queensland, Australia	9
Niece	Beatrice Bourne HOBLER	03 Jan 1895	Queensland, Australia	22 May 1907	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	12
Nephew	Francis Helvetius HOBLER	02 Sep 1896	Queensland, Australia	07 Apr 1898	Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Constance Theodora HOBLER	12 Apr 1899	Queensland, Australia	1915	Jandowae, Queensland, Australia	16
Niece	Ruth Lurline HOBLER	08 Sep 1900	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	09 Aug 1987	Queensland, Australia	86
Niece	Florence Scovell HOBLER	06 Jun 1904	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	02 Mar 1999	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia	94
Nephew	Cyril Moore HOBLER	01 Nov 1891	Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1916	Pozieres, France	24
Niece	Enid Moore HOBLER	17 Jan 1894	Queensland, Australia	01 Oct 1959		65
Niece	Nea Moore HOBLER	02 May 1901	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Victor Learmonth HOBLER	12 Jun 1900	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1954	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	54
Niece	Jessie Learmonth HOBLER	13 Feb 1904	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Harold Learmonth HOBLER	08 Sep 1906	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Cecil Forde HOBLER	07 Sep 1899	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	1969	New Guinea	70
Nephew	Rupert Forde HOBLER	1901	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Ormonde Forde HOBLER	30 Jul 1902	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	John (Jack) Forde HOBLER	26 Sep 1907	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	13 Jan 1996	Queensland, Australia	88
Nephew	Clive Morrell STRETTON	1898	Queensland, Australia	1970		72
Niece	Hilda Morrell STRETTON	14 Jul 1900	Queensland, Australia	Jul 1987	Queensland, Australia	87
Niece	Mona Morrell STRETTON	1902	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Jack Morrell STRETTON	28 Jan 1910	Queensland, Australia
Sister in Law	Mabel Theodora BARNARD	18 Nov 1871	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1925	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	53
Sister in Law	Antoinette Gertrude van HEUCKELUM	26 Apr 1865	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1951	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	86
Sister in Law	Ada Alicia SHAW	1873	Queensland, Australia	1952	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia	79
Sister in Law	Minnie Alma FORDE
Brother in Law	Edward Morrell STRETTON	13 Aug 1861	Berkhamsted, Hertford, England
Brother in Law	Archibald Stewart HIGGINSON

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:

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)

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