NOYES, Keith Hayden
| Service Number: | 5168 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Somme, France, 8 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Christian Brothers' College WW1 Roll of Honor, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Burra Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Norwood War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5168, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5168, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Keith Hayden Noyes was born in Norwood, South Australia in 1892, his next of kin was his mum who lived on 103 Marryatville road. He was single and he was 24 years and 9 months old when he enrolled. He was a salesman and had no children.
He was enlisted into the 16th reinforcement of the 10th Infantry Battalion on the 10th of January 1916.
Keith became a Private in the army, after his hard training and he was located at Pozieres, in northern France where he would have his first and only fight. Before any of his battles, his battalion was attacked fatally by surprise multiple times. On May the 9th at 8 o’clock shells were fired towards Keith’s trenches by surprise and on May the 30th once again they were attacked by surprise. Both of these attacks killed many troops. On Tuesday the 6th of June Keith’s battalion made their way to a section of the front line. With surprisingly only one casualty this was very lucky as the Germans had machine guns preparing to shoot them down.
Around the 8th of November 1916 a high explosive shell his the trench and others were standing in. Keith Hayden Noyes abd numerous other soldiers tragically died due to this explosion.
Keith is currently buried in Dartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 53), Becordel-Becourt, France, as his body was found unlike many of allies, as their bodies may have been not have been fully recovered so what they found would have been buried.