WARAKER, Norman Ernest Wilson
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Surveyor's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 22 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 2, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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"Death of Lieut. Waraker
Mrs. E. M. Waraker, of Gregory-terrace, Brisbane, received letters of sympathy from a number of officers at the front concerning thd death in action of Lieut. N. E. Waraker, (says the "Brisbane Courier"). Included among the number are letters from the A.D.C. to Sir Douglas Haig, Capt. Millar, Lieuts. Cleary aand J. S. Kerr, all of whom speak of Lieut. Waraker'a bravery and devotion to duty under fire. Major-General Nevill Smyth wrote:
"I wish that I could write some words of comfort to you upon the loss which I and my staff have sustained in the death of Lieut. N. E. Waraker, whose services we so highly valued in his capacity as bombing officer and instructor to the division. His invariable cheerfulness and devotion to duty endeared him to us all, and he was most popular with all who knew him, including Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig's staff, and General Wisdom, and the officers of the ----- Australian Brigade, who valued his services very highly, and feel that a great asset to the efficiency of force has been lost by his death." (Lieut. Waraker was a grandson of the late Rev. J. T, Waraker, the first Congregational minister of West Maitland)." - from the Maitland Daily Mercury 12 Dec 1917 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman Ernest Wilson WARAKER was born in Gayndah, Queensland in 1894
His parents were Ernest Moreton WARAKER & Jessie WILSON
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