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HOLDEN, Norman Gladstone
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2297, 38037 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, 26 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kew War Memorial, Melbourne Wesley Collegians Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Colin Harrison
Norman first embarked on HMAT Orsova A67. Norman's father, Albert Thomas Holden (/explore/people/174205) (Chaplain) also embarked on the same ship.
"...38037 Gunner Norman Gladstone Holden, 11th Field Artillery Brigade. A student from Dunkeld, Vic, Gnr Holden embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Port Sydney (A15) on 9 November 1917. The second son in the family, Gnr Holden was killed in action in France on 29 September 1918, aged 20." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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