NOUD, Roy Richard
| Service Number: | 2700 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, 6th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Leura, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Wounds, Bapaume, France, 8 March 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot 5, Row E, Grave 16, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Leura Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2700, 54th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2700, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2700, 54 Infantry Battalion AMF, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, After wintering in the Somme following its losses at Fromelles, the 54th Battalion in early 1917 was engaged in the vicinity of Bapaume having earlier being engaged along the Ancre River, prior to the German withdrawal to straighten their front line and consolidate defences | |
| 8 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2700, 54th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, "DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION. In the Field. France" |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tracey Sullivan
Roy Richard Noud was born in December 1894, in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, to William James Amos Noud (1871-1947), a horse trainer and Ursula Clift Noud (1866-1898).
Randwick was and still is the home of horse racing in Sydney.
Roy was one of 3 children. He had 1 older sister (Vera Clare) and a younger brother (William).
Roy's mother, Ursula, died in February 1898 when he was 4.
His father remarried two years later in March 1900, to Martha Ann Marshall and moved the family to Hamilton in Brisbane, Queensland. Presumably, to further his horse training and farrier business as they lived on Racecourse Road, Hamilton.
William and Martha had a further nine children together, plus Matha's child from her previous marriage made them a family of 14 children.
Around 1915, Roy left Brisbane and took up a position with the Leura Railway in the Blue Mountains as a Railway Porter.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23 February 1916 in Sydney, NSW.
Roy was 5ft 6 inches tall, he was fresh-faced with hazel eyes and dark hair.
He traveled from Sydney NSW to Plymouth in England on board the "Ceramic" landing on 21 November 1916 and then onto France onboard the "Princess Victoria". He arrived in France on 22 December 1916.
He was part of the 54th Batallion.
Private Roy Rochard Noud died of injuries he received in action on 18 March 1917. It's not mentioned in his army records where exactly he was killed or the extent of his injuries.
His army record reads:-
"DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION. In the Field. France"
He was enlisted for a total of 1 year and 1 month.
He was awarded the 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, and Victory Medal. These medals were given to his father, William.
Roy was not married and had no children.
Roy's mother, Ursula was born on April 25, 1866. April 25 would officially become ANZAC day in 1916, the year Roy enlisted and on what would have been his mother's 50th birthday.
Roy's father and step-mother, Martha are buried together in Toowong Cemetary in Brisbane.
Thank you for serving Private Roy Richard Noud, Lest we forget.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Roy Richard NOUD (Service Number 2700) was born on 12th November 1894 at Randwick. He began work with the NSW Government Railways as a temporary junior porter in the Sydney District from 3rd April 1913. He became permanent a few weeks later and a porter in his 21st birthday in 1915. On 26th February 1916 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
Noud enlisted at the Royal Agriculturl Society Showgrounds at Moore Park in Sydney. He was not married and he gave his father living in Brisbane as his next of kin. He was alllotted to the 4th Reinforcements to the 54th Australian Infantry Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Ceramic’ at Sydney on 7th October 1916, reaching Plymouth on 21st November. After a very short stay in England he proceeded overseas to France on 21st December through Folkestone, aboard ‘Princess Victoria’.
He was taken on the strength of the 54th Battalion on 8th February.
He was killed in action on 8th March 1917. He was buried between Gueudecourt and Le Transloy, three miles N of Comblés. In the rationalisation of cemeteries and graves after the war, Noud’s remains were exhumed and re-interred at Bancourt British Cemetery, 1¾ miles East of Bapaume.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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