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Albert Joseph NOBBS

Regimental number3971
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolState School, Bunker's Hill, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWest Brook, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Isaac Albert Nobb, West Brook, Toowoomba, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Ammunition Column
FateDied of wounds 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialQuerrieu British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac and Lydia NOBBS, Westbrook, via Toowoomba, Queensland. Native of Westbrook, Queensland
Family/military connectionsCousin: 3553Pte J.R. JORDAN, 2nd Pioneer Bn, died of wounds.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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