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QUARMBY, Norman Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 278 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Batlow, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Batlow, Tumut Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Batlow Cemetery, NSW Methodist area, Grave B11 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 278, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 278, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 278, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 278, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the eyes | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 278, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwin Joseph Quarmby and Jane Quarmby nee Lindbeck, Sunnyside, Batlow, NSW.
Brother of Arthur Richard Quarmby/Quamby) who was killed in action on 1 May 1919 and has no known grave. His name appears on the Jerusalem Memorial, Panel 58; Oliver Wesley Quarmby who returned to Australia on 22 August 1919 having served with the 2nd Battalion
Returned to Australia on 11 February 1919 aboard HT Aeneas.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c Norman married Catherine Elliott in Sydney, NSW