Geoffrey Frederick NOAKES BEM

Service Number:	NX17653
Enlisted:	28 July 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	General Base Depot Malaya
Born:	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1902
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Overseer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1976, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 3 Wall 4
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

28 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, NX17653
19 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, NX17653, General Base Depot Malaya

British Empire Medal

Services while POW
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 06 March 1947

Sgt Noakes was a POW in Japanese hands from February 1942 to August 1945. He acted as an operator of a secret wireless sets and also assisted in the construction of such sets from July 1942 to April 1944 in Changi POW Camp.

The performance of these duties was risky in the extreme as if discovered it would have meant a long term of imprisonment or execution.

The work, courage and devotion to duty of Sgt Noakes contributed greatly to the morale of the personnel in the camp.

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