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NOBLE, Henry Jenkins
| Service Number: | 155 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Payneham, South Australia, October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | 20 October 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 155, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 155, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 155 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Henry Jenkins Noble was born in 1894, in Payneham South Australia. He was the son of Mrs Luisa Noble; Henry lived with his mother at 24 Beulah Road, Norwood South Australia. It is not known whether Henry went to school; however, he was a shop assistant. Henry was 5.8 feet, weighing 65kg with grey eyes and fair hair.
Henry enlisted as an A.I.F private on the 4th of March 1915, at the age of twenty one. After enlisting in the A.I.F Henry was sent to Tel-El-Kebir to train for his journey ahead as part of the 32nd Battalion. Henry trained at Tel-El-Kebir for 23 days. Henry was given the position as a gunner and he was located in the front line at the Western front.
Henry was positioned there at times to ensure that the enemy would not be able to advance further into the trench. The support trench would always be well equipped to handle an attack in order to defend the rest of the trenches and push the enemy back. These trenches would be lined straight unlike the front-line trenches. All three rows of trenches covered between 200 and 500 yards of ground. There were communication trenches dug at angles from the front-line trench and they were used to transport men, equipment and food supplies.
Throughout Henry’s life at war, he got in trouble for wearing the wrong uniform and being late for a parade. As you can tell, the army was very strict on the soldiers. The parades were practised during training, showing how serious the army was on winning this war.
Henry’s life after returning to Australia on the 10th of July 1916 is not clear. Throughout Henry’s whole life he was never married and did not have any children. Unfortunately, on the 20th of October 1966 Henry passed away at the age of 72.