Regimental number | 5342 |
Place of birth | Rockhampton, Queensland |
School | Kelvin Grove State School; Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland |
Other training | University of Queensland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, A Noble, Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 10 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/31/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Rowed for Queensland in the eights boat race in Adelaide in 1913. His grandfather, John Moore, served in the Royal Horse Artillery, British Army, and founght in the Crimean war at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman and Sebastopol. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Lagnicourt, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 3), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on University of Queensland Roll of Honour ('Pro Patria Ceciderunt'; They fell for their Country), St Lucia, Queensland. Parents: Alexander and Alice NOBLE, Simpson's Road, Upper Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
Family/military connections | For two weeks prior to enlisting he had been a teacher, and had intended, afer the war, to resume his sudies, transferring to the University of Sydney. |