Percival John NORMAN

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Service Numbers:	2454, 2454B
Enlisted:	13 April 1916, Quorn, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia , 6 November 1891
Home Town:	Sellicks Hill, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraph linesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 March 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France II H 15
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Aldinga WW1 & WW2 Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 50th Infantry Battalion, Quorn, South Australia
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide
1 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2454B, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2454B awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-01

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Percival John Norman was the fifth son of Henry and Alice Norman and brother to 2527 Pte. Maurice William Norman (/explore/people/80737) 27th Battalion, Killed in Action 20 Sep 1917 and 3445 Pte. Alfred Ray Norman (/explore/people/218229) 50th Battalion, Returned to Australia 11 May 1919.

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