GALL, Norman Herbert
| Other Name: | GALL, Norman Osborne Herbert - Memorial Plaque |
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| Service Number: | 373 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Golf Club Great War Honour Board, Orange St. Joseph's Church Roll of Honor, Orange WW1 Honour Board, Port Macquarie St Thomas Anglican Church GALL Memorial Tablet, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 373, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 373, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 373, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 373 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert and Ada GALL, 15A Pacific Street, Manly, New South Wales
Norman was born in 1894 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, and moved with his family to Orange in the late 1890s. On 8 March 1915 he enlisted as a Private in the 20th Battalion, A Company, and embarked with his unit from Sydney on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 25 June. Norman joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli in August 1915 and fought through the Gallipoli campaign; he was reportedly one of the last men to leave the peninsula. Private Gall proceeded to France in February 1916 and fought in the battle of the Somme. He was appointed Lance Corporal in June, Temporary Sergeant in August, and Sergeant on 6 November. He was due to receive a promotion to Lieutenant when, on 16 November, he was killed in action.