Archibald Ernest NOVICE

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NOVICE, Archibald Ernest

Service Number:	243
Enlisted:	20 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, Adelaide South Australia, 30 July 1897
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Rose Park Public School; Hoggs' Commercial Training Academy, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk Public Stores Dept
Died:	Natural Causes, 8 June 1981, aged 83 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Adelaide Public Stores Department WW1 Roll of Honour, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 243, 32nd Infantry Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 243, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 243, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele
23 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 243, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Archibald Ernest NOVICE (1897-1981)

Born 30 July 1897 at Norwood South Australia.

Educated at the Rose Park Public School,

Enlisted into the 32nd Infantry Battalion 20 May 1915..

Embarked 18 Nov 1915 on the HMAT 'Geelong'.

Reported wounded, Passchendaele, October 1917; remained on duty. Gassed, Corbie, April 1918; invalided to Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, England; recovered and rejoined unit.

Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Ceramic', 9 August 1919 (with wife and 1 child); disembarked Adelaide, 24 September 1919; discharged, 23 November 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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