Norman Dudley Murray COWPER

COWPER , Norman Dudley Murray

    Service Numbers: 5354, 5324
    Enlisted: 22 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
    Home Town: Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Memorials: Nowra Soldiers Memorial, Thirroul War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5354, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5324, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5324, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
    17 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 17th Battalion
    25 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5354, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to both thighs and calf resulting in amputation of the left leg above the knee
    3 May 1921: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5354, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Also known as Norman Dudley Murray-Cowper

    Son of Nancy Murray-Cowper of Kinghorn Street, Nowra, NSW. Brother of James Stuart Murray-Cowper who returned to Australia on 12 June 1918 having served with the 3rd Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 5 January 1919 aboard HS Kanowna as wounded disembarking on 14 March 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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