| Date of enlistment | 10th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | |
| Significant events while serving with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Broodseinde
Hospitalised sick twice |
Summary of Private Hoobin’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 22nd July 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 30th May 1919 | Australia | Disembarked at Melbourne |
| 13th April 1919 | England | Return to Australia on Castalia from Devonport |
| 13th February 1919 | France | Marched out to England and disembarked Weymouth |
| 1st December 1918 | France | Re-joined battalion from leave |
| 18th November 1918 | France | On leave |
| 30th July 1918 | France | Re-joined Battalion |
| 24th July 1918 | England | Proceeded overseas to France from Training Brigade Longbridge Deverill via Folkestone |
| 27th June 1918 | England | Marched in to Longbridge Deverill from Sutton Veny |
| 11th June 1918 | England | Marched in to Sutton Veny after furlough |
| 24th May 1918 | England | Transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford |
| 29th April 1918 | England | Admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital Portsmouth sick |
| 28th April 1918 | France | To England on HS St. David |
| 14th April 1918 | France | Admitted to hospital sick – PUO (fever) |
| 24th December 1917 | Belgium | Re-joined Battalion |
| 18th October 1917 | France | Marched in to 2ABDB Le Havre from hospital |
| 5th October 1917 | France | Admitted 20th General Hospital Camiers |
| 4th October 1917 | Belgium | Wounded in Action – shell wound in the face |
| 24th November 1916 | France | Re-joined battalion from sick |
| 8th November 1916 | France | To hospital sick – blistered heel |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 15th November 1915 | Egypt | Absent from parades – 168 hours duty |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE