Norman Rourke John (Norm) DILLEY

DILLEY, Norman Rourke John

Service Number: N481536
Enlisted: 27 January 1942
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
Born: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1910
Home Town: Lorn, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Carpenter and Tool Setter (Rutherford Munitions Factory)
Died: Training Accident, Kapooka, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1945, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery
Plot A. Row C. Grave 2., Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, N481536
27 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N481536, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion
21 May 1945: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, N481536, 1st Royal Australian Engineers Training Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Norman Rourke John DILLEY was born in West Maitland on 15th December, 1910

His parents were Albert Ernest DILLEY & Kathleen Mary ROURKE

He married Catherine Marjorie O'ROURKE in West Maitland in 1937 - two children Neil & June