# Henry Winston Noble

Henry Winston Noble (5 JUL 1909 – 28 MAR 1964); child of Alexander Noble and Alice Ann Wood; born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 5 JUL 1909 – 28 MAR 1964

## Parents
- [Alexander Noble](/p/alexander-noble-56440.md) (father)
- [Alice Ann Wood](/p/alice-ann-wood-56439.md) (mother)

## Partners
- _unknown partner_

## Timeline
- 5 JUL 1909 — **Born** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 1936 — **Residence** at Cleveland, Queensland, Australia
- BET 1940 AND 1947 — **Military service** at Chermside, Queensland, Australia — Age: 31
- FROM 1942 TO 1943 — **Military service, Australian Army** — Joined the Australian Army in 1942 and served in the 7th Field Ambulance, being discharged a year later with the rank of captain.
- FROM 1949 TO 1950 — **President, Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)** at Queensland, Australia — President of the Queensland Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, 1949 to 1950, having been its vice-president in 1947 and 1948.
- FROM 29 APR 1950 TO 28 MAR 1964 — **Member for Yeronga, Queensland Legislative Assembly** at Yeronga, Queensland, Australia — Liberal member for the new seat of Yeronga in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, won at the 1950 state election and held until his death in office. He had earlier contested South Brisbane at the 1947 state election, losing to the future premier Vince Gair.
- FROM 12 AUG 1957 TO 28 MAR 1964 — **Minister for Health and Home Affairs** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Queensland Minister for Health and Home Affairs from August 1957 until his death. The parliamentary register records that under his direction considerable expansion took place in medical, health and hospital services: he founded the open heart surgical unit at Chermside Hospital, was instrumental in establishing a neuro-psychiatric unit there and a cytology department at the Brisbane Women's Hospital, and established annexes in many hospitals across the state for the aged and infirm and for handicapped children.
- 1964 — **Cremated** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Accorded a state funeral and cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium, Holland Park, Brisbane.
- 28 MAR 1964 — **Died** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- **Occupation (Medical practitioner)** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Medical practitioner in Brisbane. He was a resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital, then registrar at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, from 1934 to 1936, and honorary assistant surgeon at the Mater from 1938 to 1950.
- **Education (Brisbane Grammar School)** at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — Educated at Brisbane Grammar School before entering the University of Queensland.
- **Graduated (MBBS, University of Sydney)** — Graduated MBBS from the University of Sydney, having earlier attended the University of Queensland in 1933.

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