Norman Albert GIRLING

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Service Number:	3523
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1897
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 25th Infantry Battalion
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3523, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3523, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
21 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMT Oriana, Alexandria, Egypt. Disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916.
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3523, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Joined Battalion on 27 May. Killed in action 29 July 1916.

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Son of the late Alfred Henri Samuel GIRLING and Mrs Sarah Ann GIRLING nee CHURCH, Princes Street, Rosalie, Brisbane, Queensland