Thomas Hobgen – chronology
| 1920 29 Dec |
born
Toowoomba Queensland Australia |
| 1922 02 Apl | brother John born
(in Chester, UK) |
| 1934-36 | pupil at Southport State School |
| 1936-37 | pupil at Queensland
Tutorial College |
| 11 Nov | passed Junior Public Examinatio |
| 1937 - Jan | pupil at Toowoomba Grammar School spent one year in School Cadets played football cricket tennis swimming shooting and Rugby |
| 04 Dec | left Toowoomba Grammar School |
| 1938 30 Jan |
pupil at Gatton Agricultural College
spent one year in 1st Mobile Vetenary Section |
| Sep | left Gatton Agricultural College |
| 1939-40 | Junior Officer, Fairymead Sugar Company, later an engineer’s assistant, Amity Resorts & Cruises Company, motor vessel ‘Lookout |
| 1940 | Traffic offence (stop sign) |
| 02 May | Joins Royal Australian Air Force at Brisbane |
| 16 Aug | 3 Recruiting Centre
Brisbane rank of ACII |
| 19 Aug | 2 Initial Training
School Bradfield Park Sydney |
| 12 Oct | 5 days special leave |
| 17 Oct | 2 Elementary Flying
Training School Archerfield
(Brisbane Airport) flying Tiger Moths and Gipsy Moths rank of LAC |
| 22 Dec | 2 Initial Training
School Bradfield Park Sydney |
| 1941 04 Jan |
Embarkation
Depot Bradfield Park Sydney and 12 days leave |
| 20 Jan | embarked for Canada |
| 16 Feb | Air Observers School
Edmonton Alberta flew
total of 55 hours 55 minutes |
| 28 Feb | in hospital though 03 Marc |
| 17 May | Composite School
Trenton Ontario a re-assement unit for Observers |
| 28 May | remustered as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner |
| 11 June | 7 days leave |
| 23 June | Wireless School
Montreal Quebec |
| 06 Dec | Bombing and Gunnery
School Fingal Ontario, near
Lake Erie |
| 1942 06 Jan |
awarded
Air Gunners Badge rank of Sergeant |
| 06 Jan | 1 “Y”
Depot Halifax Nova Scotia |
| 3 “Y”
Depot Debert Nova Scotia |
|
| 9 days leave |
|
| 15 Jan | absent without leave
19 hours 1 minute, forfeited one days pay |
| 24 Jan | embarked for UK |
| 10 Feb | 3 Personnel Reception
Centre Royal Bath Hotel Bournemouth |
| 11 Mar | 1 Signals School
Cranwell Lincolnshire |
| 11 Apl | absent from two
instruction periods, severely reprimanded |
| 21 Apl | not paying attention
during Morse class, reprimanded |
| 28 Apl | 27 Operational Training
Unit Lichfield Staffordshire
flying Wellingtons |
| 05 May | brother John serving
with 12 Squadron killed, raid on Warnemünde. Buried Kirkeby Cemetery, Roem Island, Denmark |
| 09 Jly | 9 days leave |
| 17 Jly | 460 Squadron |
| 21 Jly | attacked Duisburg light damage from flak |
| 27 Jly | sea search for missing
aircraft nothing found |
| 29 Jly | attacked Saarbrucken
unable to locate target |
| 04 Aug | missing, death presumed |
| On enlistment: height 5 feet 11½ | |
| chest 32/36 hair auburn eyes blue | |
| complexion fresh weight 11stone 7 pounds | |
| single Church of England | |
| Medal entitlements: |
Air Gunners Badge |
| 1939/45 star |
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| Aircrew Europe Star |
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| Defence Medal |
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| War Medal 1935/45 |
18 November 2004