RAILTON, Norman Leslie
| Service Number: | 219 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Randwick |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Sydney |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Illness, 1988, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 219, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Randwick | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, 219, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, 219, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 1 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 219, 2nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman Leslie RAILTON was born in Sydney in 1894
His parents were Arthur RAILTON & Charlotte Margaret Bertha Whitby WHITE
He enlisted in Randwick on 22nd August, 1914 and embarked with the 2nd Infantry Battalion on the ship Suffolk on 18th October 1914
He was invalided back to Australia for 3 months due to illness (Neurasthenia) on the HS Karoola on 4th November, 1915 and was discharged on 16th April, 1916
After he was discharged he took up the job of Recruiting Officer in 1917
He married Mary Adelphe BENNETT in Sydney on 11th April, 1917
Norman died in NSW in 1988 (place & cemetery unknown)
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His brother Stanley Arthur RAILTON served as a Medical Officer during WW1 & also served (NX147209) and (N27416) in Ww2 - he died in Taree, NSW on 30th November, 1984
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