| Regimental number | 2913 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales |
| School | Newtown Public School, New South Wales |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Occupation | Bank clerk |
| Address | 'Eric', Sharp Street, Belmore, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Height | 5' 10.5" |
| Weight | 148 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Thomas Noble, 'Eric', Sharp Street, Belmore, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 36th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/53/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 36th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Went through Duntroon Military College and afterwards through the Officers' Training College, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW; was quarter-master sergeant on the 'Beltana' en route to Europe. Went through Tidswell Training School in England, and was marked for promotion as soon as he had seen active service. Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Head Office, Sydney, 26 August 1910. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 26 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | Dochy Farm New British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 4), Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 127 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Alice NOBLE, 'Eric', Sharpe Street, Belmore, New South Wales |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Note, Red Cross File: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Captain Mills. 14.10.19.' Statement, 3148 Pte F.H. EADDEN, C Company, 36th Bn (patient, Havre Hospital), 14 January 1918: 'We were attacking at Passcendaele on the 12th October. Noble was close by my side. A shell dropped close to us which never touched me but killed Corporal Noble by concussion, I think, as there were no wounds on him.' Second statement, 1878 Pte J.ISAACS, C Company, 36th Bn (patient, Bath War Hospital), 16 April 1918: 'The Lancashire Fusiliers covered the ground at Passchendaele Ridge after we (33rd Battn, A.I.F.) had retired from the ground, and came upon Noble's body and buried it at Passchendaele Ridge, late in Oct. or early in Nov.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, NOBLE Robert Henry
Red Cross File No 2010606F 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 304. |
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