NOON, Henry Dodson
| Service Numbers: | 566, 586 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England , 1894 |
| Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm on the Somme, France, 31 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nyabing Honour Rolls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 566, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 566, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 31 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 586, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 586 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Henry was the son of George Henry Noon a butcher and farmer and Mary Catherine Noon, née Dodson of 'Springfields,' Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Henry emigrated to Australia during 1911.
He enlisted on 25th September 1914 in Australia. He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22nd December 1914. He was wounded at Gallipoli around May 7th 1915 receiving a bullet wound through the nose.
The battalion's war diary for 7th May 1915 reference AWM4/23/3/6 states the following :-
“Heavy volume of rifle fire here & at 7 pm a particularly heavy bombardment in the place mentioned before, [Cape Helles] the high point of the ridge, took place the naval guns backed up by artillery on shore. Lasted nearly an hour. Along the ridge and down the gulleys our shells were bursting in clusters. Rifle fire could not be heard through the din.”
After treatment in Egypt he returned but the wound became infected and he was hospitalised in England. He arrived in France during the Spring of 1916 and was killed in fierce fighting to capture Mouquet Farm on the Somme on 31st August 1916. His body was identified and buried near Mouquet Farm but his grave was subsequently lost. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
In memoriam published 31st August 1917 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- “NOON. – In proud and loving memory of Sgt. Henry Dodson Noon, Australian Imperial Forces, aged 22, only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Noon, Springfields, Eastwood, who was lost at Mouquet Farm, France, August 31st, 1916. His country called – he answered.”
Sergeant Henry Dodson Noon, Service Number: 586, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 16th Bn. is remembered on the:-
Eastwood - Nottingham Road War Memorial. Unveiled on Easter Sunday 1921. It was originally located in Eastwood Cemetery.
Eastwood - St Mary's Church War Memorial-no photograph-church destroyed by fire (arson) on 5 March 1963; only the tower surviving.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Sergeant Alfred Parker, Service Number: 2032, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 44th Bn. is also remembered on the Eastwood - Nottingham Road War Memorial. Unveiled on Easter Sunday 1921, it was originally located in Eastwood Cemetery.
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