HOBDEN, Noel Carlyle
| Service Number: | 1123 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Roseville, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness (Malaria), 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 31 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row H, Grave 147 Chaplain R.H. Pitt-Owen officiated Headstone inscription reads: Noel peace perfect peace, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merimbula War Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1123, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1123, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 21 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur A and Frances J Hobden of 'Wandella' Boundary Street, Roseville, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Noel Carlyle Hobden (died of enteric), was one month short of 19 years of age, and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hobden, "Wansella,” Roseville. He was educated at Fort-street, and had left only a few months before enlistment. Going to Egypt with the first batch of Australian Infantry, he was appointed a member of the bodyguard to General Sir Ian Hamilton, and accompanied him from Gallipoli to Alexandria. He then returned to the firing line, but had not been there long when he became ill, and was removed to hospital at Alexandria. The deceased soldier took part in the first landing, and altogether spent 15 weeks in the firing line. In one of his letters home he stated that when he was being taken on board a hospital ship at Anzac the Turks fired on the vessel, and killed one of the bearers of the stretcher on which he was lying.
From a private letter we have extracted the following passage relating to an Old Boy of Fort Street:—
“ One case in particular came under my notice. His name is Noel Hobden, and a young hero if ever one lived. He would shoot till his rifle was too hot to hold, and would always hold his own at trench digging beside the strongest men. In the heat, he would dig, like many others, without his shirt, and finally the sun caught the back of his neck, and he got a touch of sun-stroke. I had looked after him from the time we were at Mena till he left just before i was wounded. If you know of him or his people, I would like to know if he returned home, and I hope to have the pleasure of meeting him again. His spirit was stronger than his physical frame. Soldiers of more mature years worked on, but Noel was a boy I learned to love. There is always a very strong bond between those w'ho have faced death together, and Noel always faced it with a smile.”
[As already noted in '“ Fortian.” poor Noel Hobden lost his life last August.— Ed.
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