William Thomas NORTON

NORTON, William Thomas

Service Number: 366
Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Pratten, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds - head, At sea off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 June 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain L. Warner officiated Panel 2, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Warwick War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William H and Esther Norton of NSW. Next of kin given as his only brother Robert Joseph Norton of Pratten, QLD

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