Noel Norbert Obre MYERS

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MYERS, Noel Norbert Obre

Service Number:	4782
Enlisted:	16 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Guildford, Perth, Western Australia, 5 October 1899
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle Boys School
Occupation:	School Student & Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried in "The Maze & Blue Cut" at Guidecourt, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4782, 28th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4782, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4782, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4782, 28th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Noel Norbert Obre MYERS was born in East Guildford, Perth, Western Australia on 5th October 1899

His parents were William Obre MYERS & Catherine Hannah BETTS

He enlisted on 16th February, 1916 against the wishes of his parents as he was still at school & underage and embarked with the 28th Infantry Battalion, 12th reinforcements on the 17th April, 1916 from Fremantle on the ship HMAT Aeneas

Noel was listed as missing in action after the battle of Flers and later as killed in action on 3rd November, 1916 - he was buried in "The Maze & Blue Cut" in Guedecourt in France and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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Two of his brothers also served in WW1 & WW2

1. Lancelot Obre MYERS ( SN 1447) - returned to Australia in 1917

He also served in WW2 (SN W6686) in the Volunteer Defence Force, 1 Perth Battalion

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2. Oswald Louis MYERS ( SN3468) - served in the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment - returned to Australia in 1919

He also served in WW2 (SN 29106) & was discharged in 1942

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