UPRIGHT, Norman James
| Service Number: | 4316 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Guildford, Surrey, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mount Dinham School Exeter, England |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4316, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4316, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4316, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4316, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4316 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
SERGT. NORMAN JAMES UPRIGHT, enlisted from Liverpool a year and 7
months ago, and is reported killed in action in France on April 5th last. He was the only son of Mrs. Alice Upright, of Devonshire, England. He left for the front in December, 1915.
Before enlisting at Liverpool he was employed by Messrs. James
Stedman, Ltd., of Sydney, and was a member of tho Edgecliff Rifle Club. He was wounded in June, 1910, but remained on duty, and was
wounded again at Poziceres the following month.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman James UPRIGHT was born in Guildford, Surrey, England in 1891
His parents were James UPRIGHT & Alice Alexandra POOK who married on 28th August, 1882 in Topsham, England
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