for the advancement of younger officers. Goble suffered from hypertensive cerebrovascular disease and died in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 24 July 1948. He was cremated, leaving his wife Kathleen, and three sons. His son John (born 1923) joined the Royal Australian Navy and qualified as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm, rising to the rank of commodore and commanding 817 Squadron, the naval air station HMAS Albatross, and the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne. Goble Street in Hughes, Australian Capital Territory, was named for Jimmy Goble. In 1994 he and Ivor McIntyre were honoured with the issue of a postage stamp by Australia Post, in a series depicting Australian aviators that also included Freda Thompson, Lawrence Hargrave, and Sir Keith and Sir Ross Macpherson Smith. Notes References External links Footage of Goble's and McIntyre's arrival at St Kilda after their 1924 flight. |- |- |- |- |- |- 1891 births 1948 deaths Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Australian aviators Australian World War I flying aces Aviators from Melbourne Britannia Trophy winners Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Military personnel from Melbourne Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) Australian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Australian Air Force air marshals of World War II Royal Naval Air Service aviators Australian people of English descent Brunswick Football Club players People from Croydon, Victoria