 1900 - 1944 (43 years)
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| Name |
Archibald Robert Hoffman |
| Prefix |
Private |
| Suffix |
QX10825 |
| Born |
14 May 1900 |
Theebine, Queensland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Queensland Electoral Roll |
1925 |
Gunalda, Queensland |
QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLL 1925
Archibald Robert Hoffman and Olive Beatrice on the Qld. Electoral roll
Queensland Electoral Roll 1925: Division of Wide Bay: Division of Tiaro.
Hoffman, Archabald Robert: Residence: Maryvale, Gunalda: Occupation: Labourer.
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| Queensland Electoral Roll |
1936 |
Tiaro |
Queensland Electoral Roll 1936: Division of Wide Bay: Division of Tiaro South.
1306:Hoffman, Archabald Robert: Residence: Tiaro: Occupation: Labourer.
13310 |
| Enlistment |
21 Jan 1939 |
Tiaro |
Attestation of Persons Voluntarily Enlisted in the Militia Forces.
HOFFMAN, ARCHIBALD ROBERT ; Birthplace: THEEBINE, QLD.: 14 May 1900: Occupation: Contractor: Residential Adress: TIARO: Army Number: 470010: joined on 21.01.1939: Unit: 47th. Batiliom: Next of Kin:OLIVE HOFFMAN, Tiaro: Wife: Enlisted: 21.01.1939: Discharged: 20. 10. 1939: Total Service: 273 days. 47th. Batalion |
| Military |
21 May 1943 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
Dvr. A. R. Hoffman Prisoner of War
Mrs. A. R. Hoffman,Tiaro, has been officially advised that her husband, Driver Archibald Robert Hoffman, of the A.I.F.., who was previously reported missing, is now a prisoner of war in Malaya. This is the first information that Mrs. Hoffman has had in 15 months of her husband's whereabouts. Driver Hoffman has a family of five children, the eldest of whom is 14.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Friday, 21 May 1943 |
| Military |
1940 , 15 July - 21 Jan 1944 |
WW2 NOMINAL ROLL:
Service Record:
HOFFMAN, ARCHIBALD ROBERT: Service: Australian Army: Service Number: QX10825: Date of Birth: 14 May 1900: Place of Birth: MARYBOROUGH, QLD. Date of Enlistment: 15 Jul. 1940: Locality on Enlistment: TIARO, QLD.: Place of Enlistment: MARYBOROUGH, QLD.: Next of Kin: HOFFMAN, OLIVE:
Date of Death: 21 Jan. 1944: Rank: Private: Posting: on Death: 22 Aust COY AASCORPS: Prisoner of War: Yes: Roll of Honour: TIARO, QLD |
| Died |
21 Jan 1944 |
Thailand-Burma Railway, Siam/ Thailand |
- QX10825
Private
Hoffman, Archibald Robert
Australian Army Service Corps
Nationality
Australian
Japanese POW
Died
Age: 43
Date of Death: 1944/01/21
Place of Death: Thailand-Burma Railway
Cause of Death:
Source: CWGC
Memorial 1. C. 75.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
"We will remember them"
His death was registered in 1946
1946/003431, War Death [Queensland Death Register].
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| Death |
5 Nov 1944 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
Death of Dvr. Hoffman in Siam Prison Camp
Official notification has been received of the death through illness while a prisoner of war in Siam of Dvr. A. R. Hoffman, whose wife and family of five children reside at Tiaro. Dvr. Hoffman was a member of the 47th Battalion for 18 months before the outbreak of war. He joined the A.I.F. five years ago and was attached to the A.S.C. 8th. Division. He was taken prisoner of war when Singapore fell. He worked on the Thailand railway and died in Siam, on January 21, 1944.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 5 November 1944 |
| In Memorium |
15 Oct 1945 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
ROLL OF HONOUR
HOFFMAN.-In proud and loving memory of my dear husband and our loving father, QX10825 Dvr. Archibald R. Hoffman, who died of illness in Siam on January 21, 1944, whilst prisoner of war.
"Deeply Mourned."
Inserted by his loving wife, Olive, and children, Berol, Spencer, Gloria, Rex and Lester.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 15 October 1945 |
| In Memorium |
21 Jan 1946 |
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland |
ROLL OF HONOUR
HOFFMAN.-In proud and loving memory of Dvr. A. R. Hoffman (Arch), who died of illness while P.O.W. in Siam, January 21, 1944. He gave his life for his country.
And the ones he loved so dear;
We shall remember you.
Inserted by (Brother Jack and family. John AIF. returned), May, Ruby, Myrtle and Marjorie.
HOFFMAN-Treasured memories of Dviver. A. R. .Hoffman (Arch) who died of illness in Siam while POW, January 21. 1944.
When silent nighls are falling.
It is then we think of you.
And perhaps within the shadows, Arch, Always remembered by May, Arthur and Keith.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser, Queensland, Monday, 21 January 1946 |
| In Memorium |
1 Jul 2012 |
The Gundiah Gazette |
Tiaro's Sons
Archibald Robert Hoffman
QX10825 Private, Australian Army.
Archie Hoffman was born on the 14th
May 1900 in Maryborough and was employed
by Tiaro Shire Council. He was
an active tennis player in the area and
a member of the Wattlebae Tennis club
in Tiaro. Archie married Olive Ashford
daughter of Mr T.E Ashford of Harvey
Siding, they had 5 children, Spencer,
Gloria, Beryl, Lester and Rex.
Archie enlisted in the Army in July 1940
and ended up becoming a prisoner of
war in Malaya and died as a result of injuries whilst working on the infamous
Burma railway on the 21st January 1944.
LEST WE FORGET
July 2012-The Gundiah Gazette |
| Military |
1944, 21 January |
Malaya & Siam [Thailand] |
ROLL of HONOUR
ARCHIBALD ROBERT HOFFMAN: Rank: Private ( Pte): Service Number: QX10825: Unit: No. 2 COY AASC: Service Army: Conflict: 1939-1945: Date of Death: 21 January 1944: Place of Death: Siam: Cause of Death: Illness.
Source: AWM147 Roll of Honour Cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd. AIF ( Australian Imperial Force) and CMF ( CITIZEN MILITARY FORCE)
AMF Prisoners of WAR and MISSING in the FAR EAST and SOUTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS:
A R HOFFMAN: Service Number: QX10825; Rank: Private: Unit: 2 Company Army Service Corp.: Casualty: Prisoner of War: Location of Camp: Malaya: Source International Red Cross: Theatre of War: Malaya.
In Memory of
Private ARCHIBALD ROBERT HOFFMAN
QX10825, A.I.F. 2 Coy., Australian Army Service Corps
who died age 43
on 21 January 1944
Son of Herman Julius and Christine Marie Hoffman; husband of Olive Beatrice Hoffman, of Tiaro, Queensland, Australia.
Remembered with honour
KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
HOFFMAN, Private, ARCHIBALD ROBERT, QX10825. A.I.F. 2 Coy. Australian Army Service Corps. 21st January 1944. Age 43. Son of Herman Julius and Christine Marie Hoffman; husband of Olive Beatrice Hoffman, of Tiaro, Queensland, Australia. 1. C. 75
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| Buried |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery |
| Notes |
- KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is only a short distance from the site of the former 'Kanburi', the prisoner of war base camp through which most of the prisoners passed on their way to other camps. It was created by the Army Graves Service who transferred to it graves along the southern half of railway, from Bangkok to Nieke. More than 5,000 Commonwealth and 1,800 Dutch casualties are buried or commemorated in the cemetery. The cemetery was designed by Colin St Clair Oakes.
Kanchanaburi is 129 kilometres West-North-West of Bangkok. The Kanchanaburi Memorial is located in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, which is situated in the North-Western part of the town along Saeng Chuto Road. A Commission signpost faces the cemetery on the opposite side of the road.
The notorious Burma-Siam railway, built by Commonwealth, Dutch and American prisoners of war, was a Japanese project driven by the need for improved communications to support the large Japanese army in Burma. During its construction, approximately 13,000 prisoners of war died and were buried along the railway. An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 civilians also died in the course of the project, chiefly forced labour brought from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, or conscripted in Siam (Thailand) and Burma (Myanmar).
Two labour forces, one based in Siam and the other in Burma worked from opposite ends of the line towards the centre.
The Japanese aimed at completing the railway in 14 months and work began in October 1942. The line, 424 kilometres long, was completed by December 1943.
The graves of those who died during the construction and maintenance of the Burma-Siam railway (except for the Americans, whose remains were repatriated) were transferred from camp burial grounds and isolated sites along the railway into three cemeteries at Chungkai and Kanchanaburi in Thailand and Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar.
Thanbyuzayat became a prisoner of war administration headquarters and base camp in September 1942 and in January 1943 a base hospital was organised for the sick. The camp was close to a railway marshalling yard and workshops, and heavy casualties were sustained among the prisoners during Allied bombing raids in March and June 1943. The camp was then evacuated and the prisoners, including the sick, were marched to camps further along the line where camp hospitals were set up. For some time, however, Thanbyuzayat continued to be used as a reception centre for the groups of prisoners arriving at frequent intervals to reinforce the parties working on the line up to the Burma-Siam border. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery was created by the Army Graves Service who transferred to it all graves along the northern section of the railway, between Moulmein and Nieke.
There are now 3,149 Commonwealth and 621 Dutch burials of the Second World war in the cemetery.
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| Person ID |
I3908 |
Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen | Thomsen |
| Last Modified |
4 Sep 2014 |
| Father |
Herman Julius Hoffmann, b. Abt 1848, Germany , d. 10 Mar 1932, Gympie Road, Tiaro, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 84 years) |
| Mother |
Christine Marie Thomsen, b. 26 Oct 1855, Wassersleben, Bov Parish, Aabenraa County, Denmark , d. 12 Dec 1932, Gympie road, Tiaro, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
16 Sep 1872 |
Maryborough District |
| Family ID |
F1143 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Olive Beatrice Ashford, b. 3 Jul 1904, Queensland, Australia , d. Mar 1993, Gympie, Queensland (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
06 Jun 1928 |
Queensland |
| Children |
| | 1. Lester Hoffman, b. 1941, Queensland, Australia , d. 16 Aug 2001, Gympie Hospital, Gympie, Queensland, Australia (Age 60 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Jan 2012 |
| Family ID |
F1209 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S66] Mrs Laurina Collins.
- [S12] Qld Birth, Deaths and Marriages.
- [S115] Trove.
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