WW1

HILTON, John Thomas

Date of birth: 
1873
Biographical notes: 

John Thomas Hilton was the son of Robert Hilton and his wife, Abigail, nee Lambert. He was a barber by trade, and 41 and 9 months old when he enlisted.  By then, his parents may have been dead, because he gave as his next of kin on the enlistment form, his sister, Mrs. Lavinia Alice Atkins, living in Jolimont.

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HINES, William George

Biographical notes: 

Next of Kin: Rita Vivian Hines (Wife)

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History Week 2014

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City of Melbourne flyer advertising History Week events taking place in Melbourne. Among the events advertised is the East Melbourne Historical Society's exhibition "For King and Country: East Melbourne Volunteers and the Great War" which was shown at the East Melbourne Library in October 2014.

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HOBLER, Minnie

Date of birth: 
1875
Biographical notes: 

Minnie Hobler was born in 1875 in Rockhampton, Queensland. She was the ninth of the eleven children of Francis Helvetius Hobler (1825-1889) and his wife Jessie Ann (nee Learmonth) (1838-1910).

Minnie Hobler (left), Egypt 1915 (Egypt album)
Minnie Hobler (head of the table), mess in Egypt 1915 (Egypt album)
Minnie Hobler sightseeing (Egypt album)
Minnie Hobler with patients
Minnie Hobler's AANS trunk (recovered in Queensland in 2015)
Detail from Minnie Hobler's AANS trunk (recovered in Queensland in 2015)
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HOCKING, Leighton Rowe

Date of birth: 
1895
Biographical notes: 

Leighton Rowe Hocking appears to have been the only child of his parents, Edward Rowe Hocking, a tailor, and his wife, Ada Graves, nee Little. Leighton was born on 11 May, 1895 and was 21 years and 4 months old when he enlisted at Ballarat on 13 October, 1916.

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HODGETTS, William Booth

Date of birth: 
1895
Biographical notes: 

William Booth Hodgetts was born on 27 may, 1895, to Booth Hodgetts and his wife, Helen Margurita, nee Strong. His mother died in 1898 and this may have been what prompted his father to emigrate to Australia. He must have married again, because William had two half sisters, Lilian Helen Hodgetts, born 1901, and Joan Patricia Hodgetts, born 1916.

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HODGSON, James Percy

Date of birth: 
1897
Biographical notes: 

James Percy Hodgson was born in Clifton Hill in 1897 to Joseph Hodgson (an engineer) and Alice Hodgson (nee Lyman). There were 3 brothers, one (Joseph Lyman) who also enlisted for WWI, and 2 sisters. James was working as a junior carpet salesman when he enlisted, aged 18 years on 15 September 1915. He was senior cadet at school for 4 years.

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HODGSON, Joseph Lyman

Biographical notes: 

Joseph Lyman Hodgson was born in Fitzroy in 1893 to Joseph Hodgson (an engineer) and Alice Hodgson (nee Lyman). There were 3 brothers, one (James Percy) who also enlisted for WWI, and 2 sisters. Joseph was working as a telegraphist assistant when he enlisted on 6 May, 1915, aged 24 years. A cadet at school for 8 years, he reached the rank of Col.

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HOLDEN, Edwin

Date of birth: 
1889
Biographical notes: 

Edwin Holden was born in Darwen, Lancashire, England, but in 1915 was living at 116 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. He was at that time, 27 years old, single and working as a Meat Inspector, the trade to which he would return after the war.

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HOLMES, Francis Samuel

Date of birth: 
1896
Biographical notes: 

Francis Samuel Holmes was the fourth of eight children born to Samuel Lambert Holmes, a bootmaker, and Frances Spencer. He was born at Steglitz or Stiglitz, outside Geeelong. When he enlisted on 3 August, 1915, he was nineteen years old and living with his father at 60 Jolimont Rd., Jolimont. The house number may be wrong, as his father, post-war, corrected the entry to 50 Jolimont Rd..

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