GODFREY, Noel George
| Service Number: | 1757 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kogarah Public School,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Hurstville St. George's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1757, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1757, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1757, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Noel George GODFREY was born at Kogarah in 1894. He joined the NSWGR as an apprentice clerk in 1910 at Darling Harbour. In 1911 he was promoted to junior clerk. In January 1915 he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool. He left Australia through Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Shropshire’ on 17 March 1915.
He was reported missing in action during the fighting at Lone Pine between 6 and 9 August 1915, and a Court of Enquiry later determined that he must have been killed in action at that time.
Submitted 28 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Edward and Julia Ann Godfrey of 'The Huguenots', Planthurst Street, Kogarah, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Senior Cadets and the 35th Battalion of the Citizen Military Forces
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Noel George GODFREY (Service Number 1757) was born at Kogarah in 1894. He joined the NSW Government Railways as an apprentice clerk in 1910 at Darling Harbour. In 1911 he was promoted to junior clerk. In January 1915 he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool. He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Shropshire’ on 17th March 1915.
He was sent to Gallipoli with reinforcements. He joined the 4th Battalion there in May 1915.
He was reported missing in action during the fighting at Lone Pine between 6th and 9th August 1915. A Court of Enquiry later determined that he must have been killed in action at that time.
He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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