ROLLS, Norman Spencer Ashby
| Service Number: | 255 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Ilfracombe, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Second Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Wimbledon, Surrey , England, United Kingdom, 26 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Blackheath Proprietory School, London |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Brain haemorrhage, France, 13 March 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot XXII, Row B, Grave No. 16A, France, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 255, Mining Corps, Ilfracombe, Queensland | |
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| 10 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Mining Corps | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement 255, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked 255, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 255, Mining Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 255 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Second Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-03-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman Spencer Ashby ROLLS was born on 26th January, 1887 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England
His parents were Percy William ROLLS and Maud Marion ASHBY who married in 1884 in New Forest, England
He had previously served as an Electrical Engineer Volunteer for 4 years before he enlisted in Ilfracombe, Queensland on 18th August, 1915 & was made a 2nd Corporal, Motor Driver in the No. 1 Mining Corps which embarked on 20th February, 1916 from Sydney on the ship HMAT Ulysses.
Norman died of a brain haemorrhage on 13/14th March, 1917 at the 26th General Hospital, Estaples, France
His name os memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour at Blackheath Proprietary School in London
He was awareded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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His brother Stanley Percy Ashby ROLLS was a Major in the Dorsetshire Regiment in England (DSO, MC, Legion of Honour)
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