URQUHART, Norman
| Service Number: | 3493 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Granville, New South Wales, Australia , 25 August 1946, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Pyrmont Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3493, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3493, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Norman Urquhart but full was Robert Norman Urquhart
Son of William Urquhart and Mary A. Urquhart of Harris Street, Pyrmont, NSW.
Brother of Albert Urquhart whose was killed in action on 30 April 1917 and was buried in the Vraucourt Corpse Cemetery, Plot 11, Row B, Grave 9, Hector Urquhart who was killed in action on 22 August 1915 and has no known grave, his name appears on Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 39; Edward Urquhart who died of pneumonia on 4 January 1917 and was buried in the Tidworth Military Cemetery, Row C, Grave 243 having served with the 17th Battalion and Leslie Ernest Urquhart who returned to Australia on 11 February 1919 having served with the 17th Battalion
3 August 1915 - enlisted at Warwick Farm with the 13th Battalion and with the rank of Private
11 April 1916 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Runic disembarking on 14 May 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
6 September 1916 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic eczema