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WILKINSON, Norman Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7382 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Enlisted in Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Bright, Victoria, Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Hawthorn East, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1980, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria MGC-WES-Comp-D-No-363 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7382, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Enlisted in Melbourne | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 7382, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 7382, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 7382, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 7382, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 18 Jan 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company, Promotion achieved after attending No. 2 Officers Cadet Bn Cambridge on 7/6/1917 | |
| 26 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7382, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Montbrehain, GSW to left knee and thigh | |
| 8 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7382, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
Papa Norm
Norman was my great-grandfather. In addition to his service, he was later a hospital chief adminstrator officer in Melbourne. My father Roger Hughes is now looking after Norm's medals and he is happy to be contacted in regards to this family history.
Submitted 17 May 2026 by Emma Hughes
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
Norman was the son of John Francis Wilkinson and Celia Wilkinson nee Harmer.
On the 1.10.1917, at Cambridge, England Norman married Sister Ethel Peters, R.R.C.
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