SHARP, Noel George

SHARP, Noel George – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWII
SERVICE NO : DX661
RANK : Sapper
UNIT : 2/11th Field Company
ENLISTMENT DATE : 8/11/1940
AGE : 21
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Brisbane, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Warwick, Queensland
RELIGION : Church of England
OCCUPATION : Butcher
DATE OF DEATH : 20/02/1942
PLACE OF BURIAL : No Known Grave, possibly at sea

MEMORIALS : Warwick State High School Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Warwick The Fallen 1939-1945, Warwick War Memorial, Darwin War Memorial, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ambon Memorial

View this person’s Service File : SHARP, Noel George

NOTES : Noel was the son of William Daniel and Annie Caroline Sharp.

He was educated at Warwick East State and Warwick State High Schools. After leaving school Noel worked for Ahern and O’Grady Butchers in King Street, Warwick.

He was called up for Military Service with the Darwin Infantry Battalion (QX70646) before being discharged to enlist in the AIF and was assigned to the Gull Force on the small island of Ambon.

A month after they landed a force of 5300 Japanese invaded the island. Noel Sharp was one of the hundreds of prisoners of war detained at Laha, who were executed on February 20, 1942.

Read about Southern Downs Military History here.