FAIRBAIRN, Norman Stanley Bathurst
| Service Number: | 3759 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fettler |
| Died: | Killed In Action, GSW to head, Valaire Wood, near Villers Bretonneux, France, 4 July 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 10, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3759, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3759, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3759, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 3759, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3759 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 4th July 1918, Corporal Norman Stanley Bathurst Fairbairn, also known as Nin or Ninnie and Bluey, 13th Battalion (Reg No-3759), fettler from 70 Fern Street, Islington, New South Wales, was Killed in Action by enemy sniper or machine gun bullets at the Battle of Hamel, France, age 27.
Born at Bathurst, New South Wales on the 7th May 1891 to John Henry (born 7.2.1847, Sydney, N.S.W., died 6.7.1928, Redfern, N.S.W., age 82) of 5 Calder Road, Darlington, (Redfern) New South Wales, and Ruth Fairbairn nee Fletcher (born 1.9.1850, died 31.10.1915, Islington, N.S.W., age 65) of 70 Fern Street, Islington, New South Wales, Nin enlisted on the 6th August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 20th December 1915.
Admitted to hospital 5.2.1916 (influenza, mild), 26.7.1917 (abscess of left leg, scabies, dental), 21.9.1917 (furunculosis), 10.12.1917 (sprained left elbow, severe).
Nin is resting at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France. Plot III Row D Grave 10.
Place of Association – Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Fairbairn’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Wickham (Hawkins Oval) Soldiers' Memorial, Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the South Newcastle Rugby League Football Club Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of the Fairbairn family in remembrance of Nin’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-58. 20.
Many thanks to Wayne Roach (Great Great Nephew) for the photos and family history.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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