Thornton Randall Philip Hosking (4 May 1894 – 6 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.409.
Family The son of John Andrew Hosking (1860-1936),Deaths: Hosking, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 November 1936), p.1. and Sarah Letitia Hosking (1863-1928), née Pearson,Marriages: Hosking—Pearson, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 30 September 1884), p.2.Deaths: Hosking, The Age, (Saturday, 14 July 1928), p.9. Thornton Randall Philip Hosking was born at Albert Park, Victoria on 4 May 1894.
Two of his brothers, Albert Jeffrey Hosking (1885-1953),First World War Nominal Roll: Corporal Albert Jeffery (sic) Hosking (381), collection of the Australian War Museum; Corporal Albert Jeffrey Hosking (381), National Archives of Australia. and John Bruce "Jack" Hosking (1898-1917),Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: Private John Bruce Hosking (1959), Australian War Memorial; First World War Service Record: Private John Bruce Hosking (1959), Australian National Archives. also served in the AIF. Jack died of the wounds he received in action, in France, on 22 July 1917.
He married Ettie Ruby Meade Menere (1891-1956), later Mrs. Bruce Duane, on 13 August 1913. They had one son. Following a divorce, he married Mona Gwenn Bromley Lloyd (1903-1984), later Mrs. Charles Trevor Turner, in 1939.
Football Recruited from South Yarra, he played of First XVIII for Melbourne, against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 26 April 1913.
Military service He served overseas with the First AIF: and, while in England, took part in the Pioneer Exhibition Game, at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on 28 October 1916.
Death He died at his residence in South Caulfield on 6 August 1949.Deaths: Hosking, The Argus, (Monday, 8 August 1949), p.11.
See also 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game
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References
Apprehensions: Thornton Hosking, New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, No.41, (Wednesday, 11 October 1911), p.380. Charged with Theft: Committed for Trial, The Barrier Miner, (Wednesday, 4 October 1911) p.8. Quarter Sessions: Pleaded Guilty, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 13 October 1911), p.5. Quarter Sessions: Sentenced, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 14 October 1911), p.14. "No.12041, Thornton Hosking, 12-10-1911", Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, New South Wales, Australia, at ancestry.com.au (subscription only). Return of Prisoners Discharged to Freedom or On License: Thornton Hosking, New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, No.30, (Wednesday, 24 July 1912), p.298. First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Thornton Phillip (sic) Hosking (4137), collection of the Australian War Memorial. First World War Nominal Roll: Corporal Thornton Philip Hosking (4137), collection of the Australian War Memorial. First World War Service Record: Corporal Thornton Philip Hosking (4137), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Phil Hosking, at Demonwiki.