Norman John DULHUNTY

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DULHUNTY, Norman John

Service Number:	1924
Enlisted:	16 June 1915
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, March 1892
Home Town:	Eglinton, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918
Cemetery:	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Plot II, Row K, Grave No.17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon

World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1924, 17th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1924, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1924, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
21 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
10 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
28 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
7 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
3 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 17th Infantry Battalion, TCSM but postumously promoted to CSM after death under standing orders.
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement 1924, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1924 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1918-08-31

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM

Private 1924 (Pte) Norman John Dulhunty, 17th Battalion. A farmer from Boomerang near Bathurst NSW, Pte Dulhunty enlisted on 16 June 1915 and embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915. Aftera dvanced training in Egypt he embarked for Gallipoli, arriving on 8 December 1915 where he served for the final eleven days of the campaign. Promoted to Company Sergeant Major (CSM) he served for two years on the Western Front before being killed in action on 31 August 1918. CSM Dulhunty was buried at Hem Farm Military Cemetery in France. He was 26.

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