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NOAKES, Thomas George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 578 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mayfield, England, 1887 |
Home Town: | Bardoc, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | State School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Prospector |
Died: | Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 42 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads: Pride is mightier heart's beloved but it cannot curb regret, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 578, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 578, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 578, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 6 years
Address at the time of enlistment was Bardoc, WA
Son of Frank and Caroline Noakes. Brother of Levi Noakes of Mecking, WA
Husband of Adile Diah Louisa Noakes of Midland Junction, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Member of the Bardoc Rifle Club