Australia Service Medal (NX194204 R. Noble) some contact marks, good very fine £60-80

M.I.D. London Gazette 14 February 1946; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 21 February 1946.

Robert Noble was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria on 26 January 1910. A Porter by occupation, living at Bondi, N.S.W., he attested for war service at Waverley Park, N.S.W. on 29 January 1942. He served as Private N220251, later NX194204, in the 25th Australian Infantry Battalion. As a Lance-Corporal in the unit he was mentioned in despatches and was killed in action at Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 March 1945. His remains were later reburied in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery. He was the son of James Colquhoun Noble and Kathleen Helena Noble and husband of Thelma May Noble of Bondi, N.S.W. With copied service and other papers.