Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

08/10/1916

Date of Discharge

12/04/1920

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Known as 'Jack'

Place of Birth

Cuppacumbalong, Tharwa ACT

Address (at enlistment)

32 Harbour Street, Mosman NSW (previously Tidbinbilla ACT)

School(s) Attended

Tharwa, Church Rock (Tidbinbilla), St Patrick's College (Goulburn)

Occupation

Architect

Next of Kin

John Noone (father), Mosman NSW

Service Number

31994

Final Rank

Gunner

Final Unit

8 Field Artillery Brigade AIF

Jack Noone was the brother of Ted and Jim Noone and cousin of Jack White and grew up at Tidbinbilla. He served in France from July 1917 with the 3rd Division Trench Mortar Battery as a Gunner before transferring to the 108th Howitzer Battery of the 8th Field Artillery Brigade in April 1918. Between March and December 1919 he attended the School of Architecture in Liverpool and Bedford Square in London. He returned to Australia in February 1920 to be discharged. After the war he purchased 'London Bridge' near Burra with his brother Ted, but they sold it in 1928. He died in Sydney in August 1952 and is buried in the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park.

Description - height 5 feet 7¼ inches, weight 129 pounds, chest 31-33½ inches, fair complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, Catholic.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
Information provided via website by Michael Noone
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)