LEVINGS, Norman James
| Service Number: | 2737 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobram, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cobram, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cobram State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2737, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2737, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2737, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2737, Shrapnel wound face | |
| 6 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2737, 21st Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Norman Levings survived the fighting at Pozieres but was wounded in the face on the 30th October 1916. Norman wrote to his father less than two weeks later from hospital in England, “I suppose you will wonder what is wrong that I have not written before; I was wounded and lost everything bar what I have in my pockets. My mates and I were in our dugout, having a sleep on the 30th October, when I woke up and found that I could not get my breath. I had a heavy weight on my chest. As I looked about—or rather tried to look—I found I was buried in the dugout. It seemed years to be there with my mouth full of mud, and pinned down by 4 foot of wet earth. I had enough of it when they dug me out. I was a pretty sight, covered with blood and mud, and a face on me like a frying pan. My poor old nose got bumped about a lot, but all my wounds are healing now, I hope that the boys we left behind in Cobram are coming, as we want all the help we can get.”
Norman rejoined the 7th Battalion in France but on Christmas Day 1916 was again sent to hospital. He was transferred to England and diagnosed with heart trouble, eventually being sent home in May 1917 and discharged as medically unfit.
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