NOTT, Joseph Henry
| Service Numbers: | 1, V20003 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Enlisted 20 August 1914 at Broadmeadows Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Rutherglen, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 13 February 1978, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Footscray Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Rutherglen Fire Brigade WWI Honor Roll, Rutherglen Lilliput District Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted 20 August 1914 at Broadmeadows Vic. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Received numerous wounds while in action at Gallipoli, including gunshot wounds to his jaw and leg, and shrapnel wounds to his right hand. | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 29 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in France | |
| 13 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to Lieutenant in France. | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment, "The Last Hundred Days", Fought with British XXII Corps alongside French Army at Battle of 2nd Marne | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, "The Last Hundred Days", While attached to British XXII Corps at the Battle of 2nd Marne (near Maricourt) was awarded the Military Cross. | |
| 10 Sep 1918: | Honoured Military Cross and bar, "The Last Hundred Days", Received a Bar to his Military Cross and a French Croix de Guerres at Piezieres (Pozieres?) France when attached to British XXII Corps | |
| 28 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1, 4th Light Horse Regiment |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, V20003, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Dandenong, Vic. | |
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| 1 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, V20003 | |
| 29 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Major, V20003, Australian Army Service Corps, Training Depot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
When war was declared, Joe Nott’s girlfriend, May, gave him an awful ultimatum – to stay with her or enlist. Nott, then 22 years of age, took a risk on his sweetheart staying true and promptly enlisted, taking his own horse with him.
He was seriously wounded on Gallipoli when shot in the jaw and leg, and he also received shrapnel wounds to his right hand. Returning to Egypt, Nott was subsequently transferred with others of the 4th LHR to France to serve on the Western Front.
On 28th August 1918, near Maricourt at the 2nd Battle of the Marne, Nott was awarded the MC for obtaining valuable information as to the location of Allied and enemy troops along the infantry line, and successfully reporting back to divisional headquarters.
Nott was later presented with a bar to the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry while leading a mounted action at the Western Front on September 10, 1918, at Piezieres (Pozieres?). He was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre for the same action.
Nott’s luck held and he returned to Australia in December 1918, keen to resume his life with his sweetheart. However, while Nott was away at the war, May had married a Jack Lee and had started a new life.
Joe Nott never married and died at the age of 86 in 1978.
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