Norman Francis WILKINSON

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WILKINSON, Norman Francis

Service Number:	7382
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 MGC-WES-Comp-D-No-363
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7382, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Enlisted in Melbourne
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

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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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