BETHUNE, Norman McLeod
| Service Number: | 341 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ouse, Tasmania, Australia, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Toorak Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 3rd LH Field Ambulance, Aseifiyeh, Palestine, 19 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial, Swan Hill War Memorial, Westbury St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 341, 8th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 25 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 341, 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, 341, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 341, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, GSW face and neck DoW 3rd LH Field Ambulance | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 341, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 341 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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From In Memory Of
In Memory Of Trooper Norman McLeod Bethune, 8th Light Horse Regiment.
Just a wonderful photograph of Trooper Bethune, with his horse.
Sadly, Trooper Bethune died of wounds at Gaza on the 19th of April 1917, aged 31.
He was an irrigation farmer from Sale, Victoria, and enlisted in September 1914, serving at Gallipoli and in Palestine.
His brother, Trooper Alexander Douglas Bethune, also of the 8th Light Horse, was killed in action on the 7th of August 1915, at Gallipoli.
The Australian Waler horse was the common mount for the light horsemen, as it was strong and hardy, which was needed in the harsh desert climate.
Lest We Forget.
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