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Norman John NOBLE

Regimental number3595
Date of birth29 July 1883
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolSouth Melbourne State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address32 Liverpool Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 6"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M C Noble, 32 Liverpool Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment on account of teeth)
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 21), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret NOBLE; husband of Mabel NOBLE, Lasswade, Harold Street, Thornbury, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 2010604: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, NOBLE Norman John
Red Cross File No 2010604

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