HOBBS, Roland Augustus
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Surgeon Lieutenant Commander |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Melbourne (I) |
| Born: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 10 December 1885 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Portsmouth Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Officer, R.N. and R.A.N. |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, England,, 13 February 1919, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery F. 10. 31. |
| Memorials: | Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1918: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, Officer, HMAS Melbourne (I) |
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World War 2 Service
| 10 Sep 1918: | Enlisted |
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World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Surgeon Lieutenant, HMAS Melbourne (I) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 13th February........Surgeon Lieutenant Roland Augustus HobbsB was born in Hampshire, England in 1885.
Roland Hobbs was appointed to the Medical Staff of the Wycombe Cottage Hospital in 1913. He was appointed as Temporary Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 4th August, 1914.
Dr Hobbs was appointed Medical Officer of the Royal Naval Hospital, Hull.
Dr Roland Augustus Hobbs transferred to Royal Australian Navy on 10th September, 1918 as a Temporary Surgeon on H.M.A.S. Melbourne. He was accepted with the option of transferring to Permanent List.
Surgeon Lieutenant Roland Augustus Hobbs died on 13th February, 1919 at Royal Naval Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England from Pneumonia. He was buried in Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England & has a Private Headstone. His death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(Photo of Roland Hobbs courtesy of Nicholas Aldridge)
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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Roland Augustus HOBBS was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on 10th December, 1885
His parents were Frederick Augustus HOBBS & Mary Jane Ellen DUCK
He married Isabel Marjorie CARGILL on 12th June 1917 in St Saviours Church, Paddington, London
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