Noel Clifford (Buck) BUCKBY

BUCKBY, Noel Clifford

Service Number: QX63194
Enlisted: 21 February 1945, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 65th Infantry Battalion
Born: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4 January 1926
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Natural causes , Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 2009, aged 83 years
Cemetery: Woongarra Crematorium, Townsville, Qld
Memorials: City of Townsville WW2 HR
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World War 2 Service

21 Feb 1945: Involvement Private, QX63194
21 Feb 1945: Enlisted Private, Townsville, Queensland
21 Feb 1945: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX63194, 65th Infantry Battalion
10 Oct 1947: Discharged Private, 65th Australian Infantry Battalion (BCOF Japan)
10 Oct 1947: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX63194, 65th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Noel was the seventh (and youngest) child of Herbert Henry Buckby (born 1876 in Brisbane, QLD) and Charlotte Margaret Bottrill (born 1890 at 185 Mile Camp, Charters Towers, QLD). Herbert and Margaret married in 1907 in Charters Towers, QLD and lived in Townsville, Charters Towers, and Dalrymple before settling in Townsville, QLD where Herbert worked as a Timbergetter and Labourer.

Noel was a Fireman in Townsville, QLD when he enlisted  in the Australian Army in February 1945. He served as a Private (Service No:QX63194) with 65th Infantry Battalion - the 65th Battalion was raised at Morotai in late 1945 to serve as one of three Battalions in the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. Noel was Discharged in October 1947. Brother Herbert (Private; Service No:Q11644), and Brothers-in-Law Ronald William Gerard (Private; Service Number:Q112486), and Sydney Keith Burgess (Lance Sergeant; Service No:QX27063) also served in WWII.

In 1953 Noel married Emma Hannah Fell (born 1931 in Urandangi, QLD) in Townsville, QLD. Noel and Emma settled in Townsville, QLD. Emma died in 2006 and Noel in 2009.

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