Norman Harry SAUNDERS

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SAUNDERS, Norman Harry

Service Number:	294
Enlisted:	21 August 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia , 1897
Home Town:	Roma, Maranoa, Queensland
Schooling:	Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 12 October 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Tree Plaque:	Roma Heroes Avenue
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Roma Cenotaph, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 294, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 294, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 294, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
12 Oct 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 294, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 294 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-12

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harry H. and Jane Elizabeth Saunders, of Roma, Queensland.

Pte. Norman H. Saunders, son of Mr. Harry H. Saunders of Roma, who left the Toowoomba Grammar School in order to enlist, has been slightly wounded in the foot, hand and breast. His many friends locally and in the west will be gald to hear that he escaped comparatively so lightly. Sep 1916

Yesterday afternoon news was received that Norman Saunders had been killed in action in France. He was the second son of Mr. H.H. Saunders, a well-known chemist of Roma, and was 19 years of age. He was extremely popular, and sympathy has been freely expressed for his father and relations.

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