Norman Francis (Frank) MCWATERS

MCWATERS, Norman Francis

Service Number: 16082
Enlisted: 5 January 1916, Toowoomba, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 11th Field Ambulance
Born: Natimuk, Vic., 1891
Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling: Toowoomba Grammar School
Occupation: Turner
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917
Cemetery: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St Luke's Church WW1 Honour Roll, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

5 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16082, Reinforcements WW1, Toowoomba, Qld.
22 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 16082, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 16082, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
17 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 16082, 11th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16082 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-17

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred and Lucy MCWATERS, ClAvertoa, Hume Street, Toowoomba, Queensland.

Mr. A.D. McWaters, of Hume Street, Toowoomba (who was Mayor of that city in 1916) and Mrs. McWaters, have been offically advised that their only son, Corporal NOrman McWaters, has been killed in action.  Corporal McWaters enlisted about 18 months ago. Prior to going into camp he was employed as a draftsman at the Toowoomba Foundry.