Norman WOOKEY

WOOKEY, Norman

Service Number: 186
Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born: Snake Valley, Victoria, 1894
Home Town: Snake Valley, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse driver
Died: Died of wounds, France, 28 April 1917
Cemetery: Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot 1, Row D, Grave 18, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaufort War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 186, Ballarat, Victoria
25 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 186, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 186, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
13 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 186, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right hand)
27 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 186, Severe wounds to the right hand side
28 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 186, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 186 awm_unit: 4th Australian Medium Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1917-04-28

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Francis and Margaret Wookey of Snake Valley, Victoria, Australia

15 May 1915 - Fined 7 days full pay for striking a Gunner with his fist

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal