Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Southern Desert, Iraq (362930 A.C.1 R. T. Hobby. R.A.F.) minor edge bruise, very fine £500-£600

Roland Tulk Hobby was the husband of Elsie Nellie Blanche Hobby, of North End, Portsmouth. He served with the Royal Air Force, advancing to Flight Sergeant and serving during the Second World War. Hobby was serving with 301 M.U. when he was taken dangerously ill on 21 March 1942. Flight Sergeant Hobby died of peritonitus at the British Military Hospital, Karachi, on 15 May 1942. He is buried in the Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan.