Norman Bywater MIERS

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Service Number:	6278
Enlisted:	15 September 1916, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cromford, Derbyshire, England, 1873
Home Town:	Kookynie, Menzies, Western Australia
Schooling:	Winchester College, England
Occupation:	Leaseholder
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

15 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6278, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
29 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6278, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6278, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle

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Son of John Miers. Next of kin is listed as a friend A.B. Robertson of Eduidine, Kookynie, WA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

He served a 5 year apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering