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Alfred Lawrence NOBLE

Regimental number1955
Place of birthBoulder Hill, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School (Collector?), New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressCollector, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Alfred Noble, Dora Creek near Newcastle, New South Wales
Previous military service.
Enlistment date12 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name55th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/72/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 23 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted at Goulburn, 14 January 1916; trained at Goulburn Camp; embarked, 24 June 1916, in the 55th Bn. transferred to the 35th Bn in England. Entered Engineering School in England; went to France, December 1916.
FateKilled in Action 1 March 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Alfred Laurence
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row, Grave No. 27), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Eliza NOBLE, Kellyville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2475 Joshua Oswald Earl NOBLE, 55th Bn, killed in action, Peronne, France, 2 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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