John Campbell NOAKES DCM, MID

NOAKES, John Campbell

    Service Number: 2719
    Enlisted: 6 August 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tamworth, New South Wales, 5 August 1896
    Home Town: Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Shop assistant
    Died: Natural Causes, Oatley, New South Wales, 30 July 1969, aged 72 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 19th Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm, New South Wales
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2719, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    21 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
    21 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, When the 4th Battalion returned from Gallipoli, and before deployment to the Western Front, it was 'paired' with the 19th. Half of the 4th Battalion's experienced Officers NCO and men were transferred to the 19th, and half of the 19th's men and newly arrived reinforcements were swapped out to the 4th to balance experience in both units.
    15 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion
    28 Dec 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Third Ypres
    25 Jul 1918: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 'For conspicuus gallantry and devotion to duty. When moving forward in rear of the attacking troops to establish a Battalion Headquarters, it became evident that a group of enemy dug outs had been passed over. He cleared these with the aid of a battalion runner, rushed a "pill box" and captured the 28 occupants. Later he captured a party of the enemy with two machine guns.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110 Date: 25 July 1918
    25 Jul 1918: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", 'For conspicuus gallantry and devotion to duty. When moving forward in rear of the attacking troops to establish a Battalion Headquarters, it became evident that a group of enemy dug outs had been passed over. He cleared these with the aid of a battalion runner, rushed a "pill box" and captured the 28 occupants. Later he captured a party of the enemy with two machine guns.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110 Date: 25 July 1918
    1 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
    4 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2719, 4th Infantry Battalion, Return to Australia
    12 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant

    Memorial to an ordinary hero

    A photo of John Noakes was used as a basis for one of the memorial sculptures on the Anzac Highway in Adelaide. The sculpture was made by his grandson Roger Noakes. The other soldier in the sculpture is Rogers other grandfather John Harold Falconer.

    Submitted 29 November 2015 by Graham Watson

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