NORMAN, George
| Service Number: | 2388 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 7 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Abermain, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clipper |
| Died: | Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1957, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-194. 28. |
| Memorials: | Abermain War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2388, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2388, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 10 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2388, 9th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - medically unfit due to wounding | |
| 13 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2388, 9th Infantry Battalion, SW chest, head and arm | |
| 19 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2388, 9th Infantry Battalion, shell wound, left thigh | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2388, 9th Infantry Battalion, gassed |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
63 years ago today, on the 4th January 1957, Lance Corporal George Norman, 9th Battalion (Reg No-2388), clipper from Abermain Street, Abermain, New South Wales and Rawson Street, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. ANGLICAN 3-194. 28.
Born at Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales on the 7th February 1894 to William and Sophia Norman of Church Street, Wickham, New South Wales; husband of Margaret Ellen Norman nee O'Neil (married 1923, Toronto, N.S.W., died 1955, also sleeping here), George enlisted August 1915 with the 31st Battalion at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 13.5.1918 (SW chest, head and arm), 19.7.1918 (shell wound, left thigh - , 23.8.1918 (gas shell poisoning, mild), George returned home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit (invalided, effort syndrome) on the 27th March 1919.
Mr Norman’s name has been inscribed on the Abermain War Memorial (photo, unveiled on the 8th November 1919, 185 names inscribed, 36 Fallen).
I recently located George resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so I will erect a cross at the gravesite to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
I shall also submit an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore his honour and dignity.
Lest We Forget.
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