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NORRIS, Donald Alexander

Service Number:	3648
Enlisted:	24 April 1917, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ealing, Middlesex, England , 10 December 1897
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes , Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1972, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Bowen General Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3648, 47th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3648, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3648, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney
5 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned
24 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Returned to Australia.
6 Oct 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 47th Infantry Battalion

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