Norman HANSLOW MID

HANSLOW, Norman

Service Number: 1094
Enlisted: 30 December 1914, Cairns, Qld
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town: New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Palestine, 22 April 1917
Cemetery: Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel
Row A, Grave No. 134,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Cairns, Qld
20 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
25 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani
15 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Sinai
23 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Magdhaba
9 Jan 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Rafa
11 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Palestine
20 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza , Multiple GSW to thigh, foot, knees and chest sustained at 2nd Gaza. Evacuated to CCS where he died of his wounds two days later on 22 April 1917.
22 Apr 1917: Involvement Corporal, 1094, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1094 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-22
6 Jul 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battles of Gaza , Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement No. 30169 (6 July 1917)

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Served in the AIF under the name of Norman Hanslow (real name was Norman Augustus Jerome Enslow).