Norman Roy GATENBY

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Service Number:	TX2123
Enlisted:	22 July 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longford, Tasmania, Australia , 1 January 1912
Home Town:	Cressy, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastrolist (Mixed Farming)
Died:	Killed in Action, Timor, 22 February 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Burial Grave Reference ~ Plot 15. Row B. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "O VALIANT HEART, TRANQUIL YOU LIE, YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cressy War Memorial, Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll, Launceston Reinforcement Officers 12th Training Battalion Honour Roll, Longford War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, TX2123
22 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, TX2123, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
22 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, TX2123, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Part of Sparrow Force. Killed in Action.

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