Thomas Noonan of Ballyguy | Co. Limerick | 13th Battalion (Australia) died at Gallipoli
Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front;
Family photograph with Thomas Noonan;
Widow's Penny, Thomas Noonan;
Memorial Scroll;
Letter accompanying memorial item, from Buckingham Palace;
Information documents relating to Thomas Noonan;
Document with information on Thomas Noonan's service number and death in action;
Photocopy of Particulars Required for the Roll of Honour of Australia in the Memorial War Museum;
Newspaper death notice, Thomas Noonan;
War diary of Thomas Noonan, 1915;
War medals of Thomas Noonan;
Photograph of Thomas Noonan in uniform;
3 medals;
Framed photograph of Thomas in uniform.
My uncle, Thomas Noonan, was born in 1893 in Ballyguy, Murroe, Co. Limerick, Ireland. He worked in McBerny's shop on Thomas St. in Limerick (I think it was a drapery shop). He rowed with Limerick Rowing Club. He fell out with his parents over his atheism. He spent a year working in the mines in Wales before returning home to Ireland. An uncle in Australia sent the fare for Thomas to emigrate to Sydney, where he had a job for him. Thomas arrived in Sydney c. June/July 1914. The job never materialised. For adventure, therefore, he joined the 13th Battalion. He died at Gallipoli on 9 August, 1915 aged 23.
He was at the front for about a year and a half. He rowed onto the beaches at the Dardanelles and was one of only two survivors in his boat. That was his arrival at the front. He was in hospital in Alexandria for 3-4 months with shrapnel wounds. In a letter from hospital he said that he was looking forward to getting back to the front.
The family received £30 compensation years later which my father used as a deposit to buy 4 and a half acres of land. He used to say that Thomas's lood money bought it.
Trench Life
Woollahra, Sydney; Heliopolis; Cairo; Dardenelles, Gallipoli.
Artillery
Letter
Letter 1 - On active service, undated, 2 pp.
Letter 2 - The aerodrom, Heliopolis, Egypt, 1 March, 1914, 4 pp.
Letter 3 - Woollahra, Sydney, 20 July, 1914, 5 pp.
Letter 4 - Heliopolis, Egypt, 14 March, 1915, 2 pp.
Letter 5 - Kasr-el-Ainy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 4 May, 1915, 6 pp.
Letter 6 - The Citadel, Cairo, 17 May, 1915, 5 pp.
Letter 7 - Gallipoli Peninsula, Dardenelles, 17 July, 1915, 2 pp.
Transport
Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front
Medical
Letters from Thomas Noonan to home from the front
Thomas Noonan and family
Photograph
Thomas is second from left, standing.
Family photograph with Thomas Noonan
Thomas Noonan
Widow's Penny, Thomas Noonan
Front
Remembrance
Memorial Scroll
Memorial scroll for Thomas Noonan
Official document
Letter accompanying memorial item, from Buckingham Palace
Letter headed Buckingham Palace and signed George R. J. accompanying memorial item.
Print offs/Photocopies of documents with information relating to service of Thomas Noonan and Roll of Honour.
Information documents relating to Thomas Noonan
Other
Document with information on Thomas Noonan's service number and death in action
Documents (possibly photocopy?) of information on Thomas Noonan's service number and death in action.
Photocopy of Particulars Required for the Roll of Honour of Australia in the Memorial War Museum for Thomas Noonan
Photocopy of Particulars Required for the Roll of Honour of Australia in the Memorial War Museum
Photocopy of newspaper death notice for Thomas Noonan
Newspaper death notice, Thomas Noonan
Diary
War diary of Thomas Noonan, 1915
Pages from the diary of Thomas Noonan for 1915.
Three war medals of Thomas Noonan
Medal
War medals of Thomas Noonan
Photograph of Thomas Noonan in uniform
Large, framed photograph of Thomas Noonan in uniform
CONTRIBUTOR
Michael Noonan
Ballybuy
Murroe
Co. Limerick
DATE
1914-06 - 1915-08-09
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
51
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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