Henry Norman DURSTON

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DURSTON, Henry Norman

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	3 November 1914, Graduate of Duntroon Military College
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	11 March 1893, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Poowong State School
Occupation:	Officer, Citizen Military Forces
Died:	Wounds, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

3 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Graduate of Duntroon Military College
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
22 Dec 2014:	Embarked Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

LIEUT. N. H. DURSTON.
Lieutenant N. H. Durston, 16th Bat talion, 4th Infantry Brigade (wounded), is the second eldest son of Mr. S. F. Durston, grazier, Poowong, South Gippsland, and "Kingsley," Tennyson street, St. Kilda. He received his primary education at the Poowong State school, and subsequently at the military staff clerks' examination in February, 1911, he obtained fifth position, and was employed at district headquarters, Melbourne, until March, 1912, when he was appointed to the Royal Military College, Duntroon.

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