WILTSHIRE, Norman Herrington
| Service Number: | 2451 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, Victoria, 18 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, 5 February 1967, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2451 | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2451, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2451, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2451, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, GSW (back) | |
| 26 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2451, 58th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 18/03/1895 Brighton, Victoria
Father William David Wiltshire
(b. 3/9/1862 Brighton, East Susses, UK - d. 21/11/1908 in Brighton, Victoria)
and
Mother Charlotte Herrington Wiltshire
(b. 4/2/1863 Southampton, Euston Square, St. Pancras, Middlesex, England
d. 18/11/1909 Brighton, Victoria)
6 Siblings:
David Laurie William Wiltshire b. 23/7/1890 Brighton, VIC - d. 1921 Mordialloc, VIC
m. Margaret Grace Blower Wiltshire (nee Smith)
b. 1893 Collingwood, VIC - d. 1976 Geelong, VIC
Dorothy Edna Wiltshire b. July 1898 - d. 11/11/1898 Brighton, VIC
Gwynnivere Adriel Frazer (nee Wiltshire) - lived at Wood Street, Swan Hill, VIC
b. 23/7/1886 Princes Hill, VIC - d. 18/6/1976 Swan Hill, VIC
m. Robert Patrick Gordon Sylvester Frazer (b. 4/4/1885 - d. 29/9/1946 Swan Hill, VIC)
Norman Durrant Wiltshire b. April 1893 - d. 24/8/1893 Measles, Brighton, VIC
Norman Herrington Wiltshire
Roland Beira Wiltshire b. 25/2/1900 Brighton, VIC - d. 12/8/1985 Rosebud, VIC
m. Margaret Wiltshire (nee Barlee) b. ___ - d. 21/8/1985 Rosebud, VIC
Shirley David Wiltshire b. 29/3/1888 Brighton, VIC - d. 8/11/1973 Brighton, VIC
m. Martha Patricia Wiltshire (nee Surridge, b. 9/4/1887 - d. 6/4/1956 Brighton, VIC)
Prior to enlisting Norman lived at 3 Frederick Street, Windsor, VIC
04/06/1915 enlisted into WWI
16/07/1915 embarked Melbourne, VIC onboard HMAT A64 Demosthenes
as a Private with 6th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
15/03/1916 taken on strength 60th Infantry Battalion
18/03/1916 returned to 58th Infantry Battalion
06/08/1916 promoted Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion
10/10/1916 promoted Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion
26/08/1917 gun shot wound to back
09/02/1919 embarked onboard Anchises to return to Australia
26/05/1919 discharged from service
1920 married Emily Margaret Vera Wiltshire (nee Brownfield, b. 23/11/1895)
They had 4 children:
Freda Margaret Lorraine Wiltshire
Marie Vone Mitchell (nee Wiltshire)
Lorraine Bessie Amor (nee Wiltshire)
05/02/1967 Norman passed away at Heidelberg, VIC
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 09/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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