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Wife: Lucy Hobbins. nee: Pembroke.
Died: 1962. Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. Death Cert:34940/1962.
Mother: Mary Ann Hobbins. nee Allan.
Leslie Hobbins enlisted with D Company, 33rd Battalion AIF and was an original member of the Battalion. Leslie was
also an original member of the KURRAJONG'S when he enlisted at Inverell.
114 Men known as the Kurrajong's lined up against the Drill Hall in Inverell prior to marching to
the railway station on the 12th of January 1916. The men all wore white hats and were issued
the Inverell Recruitment Medal.
He left Sydney on board HMAT A74 "Marathon" on the 4th of May 1916 and returned to Australia on the 19th of April 1919.
Private: 7486 Thomas Clive HOBBINS 34th Battalion, AIF.
Leslie was a single 22 year old Shearer from Wagainia via Inverell, N.S.W. upon enlistment. He and Lucy were married by
the Reverend John Cooney at the St Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church, Wandsworth, England on the 17th of August 1918
whilst Leslie was still being treated at the King George Hospital at Stanford Street, Waterloo, England.
John and Mary Hobbins were married in 1896 at Coolah, N.S.W. Marriage Cert:297/1896 and had
7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. Martin Hobbins born 1896 at Cassilis, N.S.W. Birth Cert:
29839/1896. Thomas Clive Hobbins born 1898 at Cassilis, N.S.W. Birth Cert: 20362/1898 and
died in 1953 at Casino, N.S.W. Death Cert:5898/1953. Marcella Ann Hobbins born 1900 at
Cassilis, N.S.W. Birth Cert:2433/1900. Hector John Hobbins born 1902 at Cassilis, N.S.W.
Birth Cert:30741/1902 and died in 1959 at Casino, N.S.W. Death Cert:31469/1959. Percy W Hobbins
born 1905 at Gulgong, N.S.W. Birth Cert:13536/1905 and died in 1905 at Gulgong, N.S.W. Death Cert:
5226/1905. Vera Mary Hobbins born 1906 at Gulgong, N.S.W. Birth Cert:34738/1906. Leslie
Hobbins died in 1962 at Kempsey, N.S.W. Death Cert:34940/1962.
Thomas's mother Mary Ann Hobbins died in 1960 at Gulgong, N.S.W. Death Cert:1639/1960.
(Australian National Archives)
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