Norman CAPEL MM

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Service Number:	NX41133
Enlisted:	26 August 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 22 August 1907
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Duties
Died:	Illness, New Guinea, 30 November 1942, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 7. Row D. Grave 12. Inscription: "BELOVED SON OF ALBERT AND MARY CAPEL OF "BAREELA", BARRABA N.S.W.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba St Laurence's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Barraba War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX41133
26 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX41133, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1942:	Honoured Military Medal, Gallantry and outstanding devotion.

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