Roy Richard NOUD, 54th Infantry Battalion, AIF

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"Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917." Private R.R. Noud, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917. Date: 19 May 1917 Description: Photograph appears on p. 27 of The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to the Queenslander, 19 May, 1917 View The Queenslander on Trove: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2362813 Is part of: Picture Queensland ~ State Library of Queensland :

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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.

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