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Former Member Details

Mr George Walter Harry NOBLE (1891 - 1949)

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Date of Birth: 03/02/1891
Place of Birth: Darlington, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 09/07/1949
Place of Death: Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Redfern 03 May 1947 09 Jul 1949 2 years 2 months 7 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 03 May 1947 09 Jul 1949 2 years 2 months 7 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP), member of W.J McKell's Campaign committee for 21 years.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Plumber. Apprenticed as a gasfitter to the Department of Railways in 1908, employed as a gasfitter 1913-1917. Dismissed in 1917 strike, re-employed 1917 - 1947. Became a notable rugby player in youth.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Alexandria 1928 - 1932.
Personal
Son of Harry Noble, engineer, and Georgina Stanford. Married Anna Dorothy Gray in 1910 and had issue, 3 sons. Church of England. Funeral at Rookwood cemetery.
Additional Information
Private papers with the Parliamentary Archives: PRS 604.LA/P Item List 1. Photocopy of Birth Certificate of G. W. H Noble, born 3 February 1891 2. Photocopy of Marriage Certificate of G. W. H. Noble and Hannah Gray, 18 December 1910 (2 sheets) 3. Digitised copy of photograph: L - R: George Noble (father), Georgina (nee Stanford) (mother), G. W. H. Noble, and a little girl (? sister), c. 1897 4. Digitised copy of photograph: L - R: Phillip Noble, younger son (b. 1910), G. W. H. Noble, Harry George Noble (called Monty; elder son), and Dorothy Hannah Noble (nee Gray), c. 1917 5. Electoral ephemera: Portrait of W. McKell on tin with mirror back, c. 1920 - 30 6. 'Phillip Gazette' Friday 15 July 1949, with obituary of G. W. H. Noble