Bert Henry NORTON

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NORTON, Bert Henry

Service Number:	5742
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Forest Range, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Illness, France, 11 December 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Etretat Churchyard, Haute-Normandie, France Etretat Churchyard, Etretat, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lenswood & Forest Range War Memorial, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board

World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5742, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5742, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne

Bert Henry Norton

Bert Henry Norton was born at Norton Summit in May 1879, according to his Defence Service Record. He worked as a horse driver until enlisting in Adelaide on the 29th November 1915, aged 36, listing his mother, Mrs Jane Norton of Forest Range, as his next of kin.
Private Norton left Australia on the 27th June 1916, arriving with the 10th Battalion at Etaples, France on the 17th September 1916. He was admitted to No.1 General Hospital, Etretat in France on the 27th November 1916 where he died due to asthma and bronchitis on the 11th December 1916.

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Bert Henry’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record