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Sydney Roy NOEL

Regimental number112
Date of birth1 September 1894
Place of birthPort Adelaide, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressWaverley Street, Mitcham, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Martin Noel, Waverley Street, Mitcham, South Australia
Previous military service28th Signal Company Army Engineers
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Divisional Signal Company
FateReturned to Australia 10 March 1919
Discharge date11 November 1918
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium

Contracted shell-shock and gassed at Zonnebeke and Ypres, Belgium, October 1917; invalided to 1st South African General Hospital. Arrived back in Australia, 11 May 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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