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PRIVATE ALBERT C. HOBBS
JR. was born in 1916 in Camden NJ to Albert C. and Mary Hobbs. The Hobbs
family was living on Fillmore Street in Camden NJ in January of 1920.
Albert Hobbs Sr. was then working at an engraving company. By
April of 1930 the Hobbs family had left Camden, purchasing a house at
914 Somerset Street in Gloucester City NJ.
Albert C. Hobbs Jr. was a
graduate of St. Mary's Catholic High School in Gloucester City. He had
married, and with his wife Viola had a son, Albert C. Hobbs III. Albert
and Viola Hobbs made there home at 608 Sherwood Street in Gloucester City.
He was working as a shop foreman for the Graphic Arts Engraving Company
in Philadelphia when called to service on April 15, 1944.
Private Albert C. Hobbs
Jr. was killed in action on
January 26, 1945 in action in Alsace at Kaysersburgh, near the Weis River.
He was survived by his wife, son, parents, two brothers, Henry and
Charles, and three sisters, Mary, Jean, and Jacqueline.
Albert Hobbs was brought
home in April of 1944. He was buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in
Bellmawr NJ.
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