HAYLES, Noel Alfred Douglas
| Service Number: | 616 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Monmouth Grammar School and Ontario Agriculture School, Canada |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 May 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 616, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 616, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 616, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 616, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 3 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 616, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (head) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred William and Maud Mary Hayles, of Armidale, Pontnewiydd, Monninth, England
Died of wounds, Hospital Ship Galeka. Buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria by Major Beavet
Medals: 1914 -15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Noel Alfred Douglas HAYLES (Service Number 616) was born in North Sydney on 15th December 1888. Hejoined the Tramways as a conductor in 1913. He was based at the Fort Macquarie depot (on the site where the Sydney Opera House now stands). In September 1914 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
He embarked from Melbourne in December 1914. He was sent to Gallipoli with the 13th Battalion in April 1915.
He was in the boat preparing to land on 26th April when he was shot in the head by enemy fire and seriously wounded. He was removed on 3rd May to the Hospital Ship ‘Goorkha’. He died on 10th May 1915, and was buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria the same day.
He is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board