WHEATLEY, Noel Charles
| Service Number: | 1091 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ascot Vale State School, Essendon State School No 483 |
| Occupation: | Artist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 June 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row C, Grave 14 Headstone inscription reads: Rest in peace, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1091, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1091, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1091, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Emblem Wheatley and Margaret Wheatley nee Noonan of 1 Athol Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
Private Noel Charles Wheatley (killed) was the youngest. son of Mr. Alfred E. Wheatley, until recently registrar of titles. He lived at Athol street, Moonee Ponds. He was educated at Ascot Vale State school. Private Wheatley was a member of one of the machine gun sections of the 5th Battalion, to which he acted as scout. Two of his brothers, G. A. Wheatley, the well-known long distance amateur champion, and H Wheatley, are now in camp at the Show Grounds. Deceased was a prominent member of St. Thomas's Harriers, Essendon, and was popular in that district. where he had lived almost all his life.
Brother of Alice Emblem Gertrude Wheatley, Leslie Hepburn Wheatley, John Emblem Wheatley, George Norman Francis Wheatley, Albert William Gregory Wheatley who returned to Australia on 8 April 1919 having served with the 29th Battalion, Kathleen Marion May Wheatley and Horace David Emblem Wheatley who returned to Australia on 22 May 1919 having served in the 29th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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