Norman Gladstone HOLDEN

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HOLDEN, Norman Gladstone

Service Numbers:	2297, 38037
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

World War 1 Service

22 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2297, Melbourne, Victoria
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2297, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2297, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
21 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2297, 57th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia per Medina. Disembarked Melbourne 21 Feb 1917.
9 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade
9 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 38037, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne
9 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38037, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38037, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 38037 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-29

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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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