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John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996)
Air Vice Marshall
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Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER (1947 - 1991)
John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996)

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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
Near Relatives of John (Jack) Forde HOBLER (1907 - 1996)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Francis Helvetius HOBLER 16 Jul 1825 Hertfordshire, England 25 Jan 1889 Queensland, Australia 63
Grandmother Jessie Ann LEARMONTH 31 Jan 1838 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 28 Apr 1910 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 72

Father Louis Edward HOBLER 14 Oct 1870 Queensland, Australia 1946 Queensland, Australia 76
Mother Minnie Alma FORDE

Self John (Jack) Forde HOBLER 26 Sep 1907 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 13 Jan 1996 Queensland, Australia 88

Wife Dorothy Evelyn (Diana) HAINES 13 Jan 1916 Wimbourne, Dorset, England 08 Jul 2010 Queensland, Australia 94

Daughter Living or Recently Deceased
Daughter Living or Recently Deceased
Son Charles Edward Rupert HOBLER 26 Feb 1947 Wilsford, Wiltshire, England 17 Feb 1991 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 43

Brother Cecil Forde HOBLER 07 Sep 1899 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 1969 New Guinea 70
Brother Rupert Forde HOBLER 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Brother Ormonde Forde HOBLER 30 Jul 1902 Queensland, Australia

Son in Law Living or Recently Deceased

Uncle Francis Helvetius (Frank) HOBLER 26 Oct 1860 Portland, Victoria, Australia 06 Sep 1921 Jandowae, Queensland, Australia 60
Aunt Mabel Theodora BARNARD 18 Nov 1871 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 26 Aug 1925 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 53
Aunt Mary Louisa HOBLER 1861 Portland, Victoria, Australia 1863 Queensland, Australia 2
Uncle George Alexander HOBLER 18 Jan 1864 Queensland, Australia 06 Oct 1935 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia 71
Aunt Antoinette Gertrude van HEUCKELUM 26 Apr 1865 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1951 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 86
Uncle Frederic Byerley HOBLER 05 Oct 1865 Queensland, Australia 04 Aug 1902 Mexico City, Mexico 36
Uncle William Learmonth HOBLER 30 Nov 1867 Queensland, Australia 19 Mar 1936 Queensland, Australia 68
Aunt Ada Alicia SHAW 1873 Queensland, Australia 1952 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia 79
Uncle Walter Bucknall HOBLER 14 Oct 1870 Queensland, Australia 24 Jun 1953 Queensland, Australia 82
Aunt Minnie Jane Elizabeth WRIGHT abt 1962
Aunt Emily Jessie HOBLER 05 Nov 1871 Queensland, Australia 30 Jan 1874 Queensland, Australia 2
Aunt Minnie HOBLER 21 Jul 1875 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 29 Jul 1962 Bromley, Kent, England 87
Aunt Ada May (Mary) HOBLER 04 Sep 1876 Queensland, Australia 03 Mar 1877 Queensland, Australia 0
Aunt Agnes HOBLER 20 May 1878 Queensland, Australia 25 Oct 1950 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 72
Uncle Edward Morrell STRETTON 13 Aug 1861 Berkhamsted, Hertford, England
Uncle Archibald Stewart HIGGINSON

Cousin Myola May HOBLER 27 Aug 1893 Queensland, Australia 14 Sep 1902 Queensland, Australia 9
Cousin Beatrice Bourne HOBLER 03 Jan 1895 Queensland, Australia 22 May 1907 Dalby, Queensland, Australia 12
Cousin Francis Helvetius HOBLER 02 Sep 1896 Queensland, Australia 07 Apr 1898 Queensland, Australia 1
Cousin Constance Theodora HOBLER 12 Apr 1899 Queensland, Australia 1915 Jandowae, Queensland, Australia 16
Cousin Ruth Lurline HOBLER 08 Sep 1900 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 09 Aug 1987 Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin Florence Scovell HOBLER 06 Jun 1904 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 02 Mar 1999 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 94
Cousin Cyril Moore HOBLER 01 Nov 1891 Queensland, Australia 29 Jul 1916 Pozieres, France 24
Cousin Enid Moore HOBLER 17 Jan 1894 Queensland, Australia 01 Oct 1959 65
Cousin Nea Moore HOBLER 02 May 1901 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Victor Learmonth HOBLER 12 Jun 1900 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 1954 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 54
Cousin Jessie Learmonth HOBLER 13 Feb 1904 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Harold Learmonth HOBLER 08 Sep 1906 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Clive Morrell STRETTON 1898 Queensland, Australia 1970 72
Cousin Hilda Morrell STRETTON 14 Jul 1900 Queensland, Australia Jul 1987 Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Mona Morrell STRETTON 1902 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Jack Morrell STRETTON 28 Jan 1910 Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law Joan BEHAN
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:
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:
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- Reference = Colin Cooke-Priest 2 May 2013 (Residence)

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