Norman Charles ADLINGTON

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ADLINGTON, Norman Charles

Service Number:	VX43533
Enlisted:	2 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Field Ambulance
Born:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 7 October 1918
Home Town:	Mentone, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Beri Beri and heart failure whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Borneo, 12 February 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Plot 5. Row B. Grave 3.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Townsville 9th Field Ambulance Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX43533
2 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX43533, 2nd/9th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles and Serena Morrison Adlington, of Mentone, Victoria.

"LEST WE FORGET - THE ADLINGTON FAMILY"

Adlington.—ln loving memory Of my dear grandson Pte. Norman Adlington, VX43533, 2/9th Field Ambulance, who died whilst prisoner of war, Borneo, February 12th, 1945.
“We will always remember you.”
—lnserted by his grandmother Mrs. McDowall, Somerville Rd., Hampton Park.

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