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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
February 25, 1885
Ashburnham, Sussex, England
Enlistment:
October 23, 1914
Montreal, Québec
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Benjamin Thomas and Elizabeth Hobday, of Bunces Farm, Ashburnham, Battle, Sussex, England. He stated he was single and was employed as a butler. He had previous service with the 1st Grenadier Guards of Canada. His brother Pte Walter James Hobday, 24 Battalion, lost his life in the Great War on 16 June 1916. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Additional citations
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Citation for Distinguished Conduct Medal as printed in the Aylmer Sun for 7 October 1915. -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Stephen George Hobday
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 103 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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