NORTON, Hartley Graham
| Service Number: | 416512 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 44 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Tweedvale, [Lobethal] South Australia, 24 June 1921 |
| Home Town: | Lenswood, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storehand |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 3 October 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hanover War Cemetery Plot Coll. grave 3. A. 1-4. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forest Range WW2 Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 416512, No. 44 Squadron (RAF), Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 22 and the son of Samuel Gascoyne Norton and Sarah Anne Norton; husband of Joyce Eva Norton, of Glandore, South Australia.
His brother, Lance Corporal William Charles Norton, Service Number 2963, aged 21, fell in the Great War whilst serving with the 50th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
Husband of Joyce Eva NORTON
Hartley worked as a driver delivering milk and as a storeman before he enlisted in the Air Force on 23 June, 1941. He trained to fly bombers, completing some of his training at Parafield, ans soon gained his flying hours. Before his embarkation he married Joyce Eva on 14 August 1942. Hartley flew eight operations over Germany before his Lancaster bomber was shot down over Germany on 3 October 1943. Hartley was presumed dead and is commemorated at the Hannover War Cemetery.
Mrs. Hartley Graham Norton, of South road. Black Forest, has been notified that her husband. PO Hartley Graham Norton, is believed to have lost his life in action over Germany on the night of October 3-4. A letter of sympathy from his Wing Commander says that PO Norton carried out many operational sorties against the enemy as captain of a Lancaster. His father and mother live at Lenswood.
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