Noel Joseph KING

KING, Noel Joseph

Service Number: Q103089
Enlisted: 24 October 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)
Born: Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1913
Home Town: Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 12 June 1966, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

24 Oct 1941: Involvement Private, Q103089, FTD 24/10/1941 no pay 19/9/41-23/10/41
24 Oct 1941: Enlisted
24 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q103089, 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)
20 Nov 1944: Discharged
20 Nov 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q103089, 14 Garrison Battalion (Qld)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Noel was the eldest child of Joseph Patrick King (b1884 in Galway, Ireland) and Lilian Kathleen Hilston (b1895). Joseph (a Railways Labourer) and Lilian married in Cairns, QLD in 1913 where they raised their family. Joseph worked as a Railways Maintenance Inspector.

Noel was a Labourer in Warwick, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF in October 1941. He served as a Private (Service No:Q103089) with 2 PoW Guard Coy and was attached to 14 Garrison Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1944. In November 1942 Noel married Winifred Pearl Bradford (b1920 in Tannymorel, QLD) - Winifred was serving with the Australian Women's Army Service (Private; Service No:Q142155) as an Ambulance Driver.

Noel and Winifred separated and were Divorced in the early 1950s. Noel worked with QLD Rail as a Labourer and Train Examiner, living in Goondiwindi, Warwick, Mt Isa, Brisbane and Townsville. He died in 1966.

 

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