Norman Alexander WALFORD

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WALFORD, Norman Alexander

Service Number:	2229
Enlisted:	8 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Auburn Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, 3rd Field Ambulance, Brown's Dip, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row B, Grave 34 Headstone inscription reads: His name is written in letters of love in the hearts left at home, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Haymarket Railways Traffic Branch Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2229, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2229, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2229, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Thomas and Louisa Jane Walford

Next of kin given as his sister Florence Lansdell nee Walford of 1 Robert Street, Newtown, NSW. Brother of Abraham G. Walford, Albert Victor Walford who returned to Australia on 7 November 1915 having served with the 3rd Battalion, Louisa J. Walford, Elizabeth F. Walford, John T. Walford, William J.L. Walford and Mary E. Walford

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

Participated in the Compulsory Training Program

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Norman Alexander’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record