KIRKWOOD, Noel Edmund Barton
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales, 3 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gladesville, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Drummoyne Publice School; Sydney Grammar School; Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Illness, Allambie Private Hospital, Tamworth, NSW, 13 February 1976, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gladesville Christ Church War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, Officer, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 12 Jun 1915: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, Officer, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Karoola - Sydney | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Captain, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Major | |
| 28 Jun 1917: | Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, 1st Field Ambulance | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mention in Dispatches | |
| 21 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, For conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty. He worked continuously for ninety hours attending wounded under heavy shell fire. He set a most inspiring example to those around him | |
| 10 Jul 1918: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, Officer, 1st Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Noel Edmund Barton KIRKWOOD was born on 3rd November, 1891 in Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales
His parents were David Simpson Roberts KIRKWOOD & Jane McCullloch (Jennie) BARTON who married in Burwood in 1879
He enlisted on 27th May, 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 1st Australian General Hospital special reinforcements on the ship HMAT Karoola on 16th June, 1915 - he had been promoted to Captain on 12th June 1915
He was promoted to Major on 20th June, 1917 & transferred to the 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 28th June, 1917
He returned to Australia on 10th January, 1918 arriving on 3rd May, 1918 on the ship Corinthic and was discharged on 10th July, 1918
On 1st June, 1918 he married in Sydney to Kathleen WYNTER
Noel died on 13th February, 1976 at the Allambie Private Hospital, Tamworth & was cremated privately
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Honours & Awards
Military Cross - 21st July, 1917
Mention in Dispatches - 10th July, 1917
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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Some of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Phillip Barton KIRKWOOD (SN 604) Killed in Action in 1915
2. Russell William Barton KIRKWOOD (SN 907) Killed in Action
3. John Barton KIRKWOOD (SN 2619)
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His son William Wynter KIRKWOOD (SN 0226284) & (SN 4114971) served in WW2 in the RAAF and was discharged in 1945
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