Norman Douglas GARDEN

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GARDEN, Norman Douglas

Service Number:	763
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Castlemaine South State School, Taradale State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Letter Carrier
Died:	Enteric Fever, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 23 October 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row XV11, Grave 5 Chaplain W. Cowan officiated Headstone inscription reads: Thy will be done
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Taradale State School 614 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 763, Enlisted at Bendigo
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 763, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 763, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
2 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 763, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the back and invalided to England
23 Oct 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 763, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 763 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-10-23

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry and Blanche Edith (nee Goodwin) Garden of Berkeley Street, Castlemaine, Victoria. Brother of Stanley Dunbar Garden, Alice Annah Garden, Donald John Dunbar Garden, Henry Robinson Garden, Janet Emily Garden, John Dunbar Garden, Glenroy Sydney Garden, Hester Garden and Alan Bruce Cameron Garden,

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces

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