GALE, Noel William Howard
| Service Number: | 166 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulbourn, New South Wales, 29 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | King's College, Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk - Bank of New South Wales |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 166, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A23' Suffolk from Sydney on 18th October 1914 disembarking in Egypt on 8th December 1914 | |
| 8 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 166, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Court of Enquiry held onboard HMT Z23, 24 March 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915'. --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 166 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Blanche GALE, "Glengarrah", Lagoon Street, Goulburn, New South Wales
NOEL WILLIAM HOWARD GALE was a native of Goulburn, N.S.W., where he was born on the 29th January, 1895; his parents being Mr. William Gale and Mrs. Blanche Gale. He was educated at King’s College, Goulburn.
He entered the service of the Bank on 21 st November, 1911, and was first engaged at the Bathurst Street (Sydney) Branch. A month later he was transferred to the Southern Branch, Sydney. On 20th March, 1912, he was sent to Wollongong, and on 1st June, 1914, to Newcastle West, N.S.W.
Soon after the outbreak of war he enlisted as a private in the A.I.F. at Newcastle, and was a member of the 2nd Battalion, which was part of the first contingent to sail from Australia for Egypt. Noel Gale was on the S.S. “Suffolk.”
He was promoted to lance-corporal, and took part in the Landing at Gallipoli on 25th April, 1915. He reached the shore and was fighting in a trench when struck by a Turkish bullet which killed him. almost instantly. According to a comrade who was alongside him in the trench, Noel Gale was well liked in the company.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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