Norman Prior ROONEY

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Service Number:	373
Enlisted:	28 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Ringwood, Maroondah, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 38 Rev. A. Gillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newham & Districts Roll of Honor, Newham State School No 1913 Honor Roll, Ringwood District Roll of Honour WW1, Woodend State School Great War Honour Roll

28 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 373, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
27 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 373, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 373, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of Victor Thomas Rooney and Mary Rooney nee Crabb of Ringwood, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Forces

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