| [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 |
| 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: |
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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." |
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| - Reference = Colin Cooke-Priest 2 May 2013 (Residence) |