| [Index] |
| John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996) |
| Air Vice Marshall |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Living Living Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER (1947 - 1991) |
John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996) + Dorothy Evelyn (Diana) HAINES (1916 - 2010) |
Louis Edward HOBLER (1870 - 1946) | Francis Helvetius HOBLER (1825 - 1889) | George HOBLER (1800 - 1882) |
| Ann TURNER (1801 - 1867) | ||||
| Jessie Ann LEARMONTH (1838 - 1910) | Alexander LEARMONTH (1809 - 1874) | |||
| Mary Ann HORNCASTLE (1820 - 1838) | ||||
| Minnie Alma FORDE | ||||
| b. 26 Sep 1907 at Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| m. abt Sep 1939 Dorothy Evelyn (Diana) HAINES (1916 - 2010) at Devizes, Wiltshire, England |
| d. 13 Jan 1996 at Queensland, Australia aged 88 |
| Parents: |
| Louis Edward HOBLER (1870 - 1946) |
| Minnie Alma FORDE |
| Siblings (3): |
| Cecil Forde HOBLER (1899 - 1969) |
| Rupert Forde HOBLER (1901 - ) |
| Ormonde Forde HOBLER (1902 - ) |
| Children (3): |
| Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER (1947 - 1991) |
| Events in John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 26 Sep 1907 | John (Jack) Forde HOBLER was born | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | |||
| abt Sep 1939 | 32 | Married Dorothy Evelyn (Diana) HAINES (aged 23) | Devizes, Wiltshire, England | Free BMD Sep 1939 5a 491 | |
| 1946 | 39 | Death of father Louis Edward HOBLER (aged 76) | Queensland, Australia | 1946/C2368 | |
| 26 Feb 1947 | 39 | Birth of son Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER | Wilsford, Wiltshire, England | ||
| Apr 1965 | 57 | Residence | Australia | Retired from RAF | 18 |
| 17 Feb 1991 | 83 | Death of son Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER (aged 43) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 13 Jan 1996 | 88 | John (Jack) Forde HOBLER died | Queensland, Australia | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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Occupation: qualified as a Solicitor in 1930 but later that year entered the Royal Australian Air Force as a cadet.
Military Career: transfered to the Royal Air Force in 1932 retiring in 1963; Air Vice Marshall Flew fighters in Britian prior to the war and light bombers during; was part of the ill-fated 'suicide' squadrons in France; wounded but evaded capture, eventually returning to England; by the end of the war he was in command of a large base at Lossiemouth in Scotland. Following the war he went to the Staff College at Haifa in Palestine; served on the Directing Staff of the RAF Staff College at Bracknell, Berkshire; and later joined the Joint Planning Staff in the Ministry of Defence; following this he was posted to the command of a large British base at Habbaniyah in Iraq; in 1950 he was posted to Cyprus where he was in charge of administration of the Middle East Air Force (including the Suez crisis); later he returned to the UK were he commanded a group of training units before being sent to the Far East Air Force as head of administration and commander of local units. Played a signifigant role in the development of aviation in Central Queensland. Formed the Rockhampton Areo Club with a group of friends and personally developed a disused racetrack (Connor Park) into a small airfield, which gre into what is now Rockhampton Airport. From The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton) 31 Oct 1940 " SQUADRON-LEADER J. HOBLER In a letter from his sister (Nurse Minnie Hobler, who is now ia England, Mr L. E. Hobler (Wycarbah) has received news of his son, Squadron Leader Jack Hobler, who is serving with the R.A.F. in England. Nurse Hobler was a war nurse with the A.I.F. in France in the last war. Extracts from her letter include the following: " Jack was flying in France and his squadron had to blow up one of the many bridges over the Meuse. In finishing the job Jack got a bullet through his flycol tank, and his face and hands were burnt. He had to land five miles Inside German-occupied territory, and finish burning the plane before getting away. The airmen had some tense moments when German soldiers were looking for them hiding in the woods, but they finally got back. Jack was sent over to England and was three weeks in hospital, but his burns healed up without a scar." Describing some of her own experiences, Nurse Hobler says, "l took a bus to a well-known town one day and saw the beautiful old cathedral and other interesting spots. All along the roads was like a military camp and I could not see any space large enough for Hitler to land a troop-laden plane. Hay-stacks, concrete posts, derelict cars, would trip them up at every turn, and what looked so harmless and 'woodllke' might posslbly prove a very 'hot spot.' Another day I went to Bath and saw the beautiful old Abbey, pump room, assembly rooms, and the Hydro, with every conceivable appliance for the treatment of every form of rheumatism. Coming back from the cathedral town we were held up and a soldier inspected our identification cards, which we are supposed to carry always." |
| Source References: |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Colin Cooke-Priest 2 May 2013 (Residence) |