DEMPSEY, Norman Leslie
| Service Number: | SX632 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 November 1939, Woodside, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingston, South Australia, 27 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Birdwood (formerly Blumberg), Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 24 December 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B6 F 10 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birdwood Pictorial Honour Roll WWII, Birdwood WW1 & WW2 Soldier's Memorial, Gumeracha Our Fallen Heroes WW2 Honour Board, Sanderston Memorial and Flagpole |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Nov 1939: | Involvement Private, SX632, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX632, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Woodside, SA | |
| 28 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX632, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Patrick Joseph and Emma Grace Dempsey.
HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. HIS LOVING BROTHERS AND SISTER
Foster-Son Killed in Action
MR. J. W. Seidel, Angaston, has been advised his foster-son, Pte. Norman L. Dempsey, has been killed in action in New Guinea. Another foster-son, Pte. Noel Higgins, was killed during the heavy fighting in the Middle East.
Norman, who was about 22, had also served there, including eight months in Tobruk, and then in Syria. He made his home with Mr. and the late Mrs. Seidel at Sanderston when he was only six, and remained with them until, at 17, he sought employment elsewhere. He joined the AIF shortly afterwards. The affection between him and Mr. Seidel was that of father and son, and when Norman returned from abroad last March, he hurried to Angaston to spend a few days with "dad." "He was a good boy," said Mr Seidel, who added that their grief was lightened by the knowledge that he had been a worthy citizen and soldier.
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