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NORMAN, Richard Edgar
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX56202 |
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Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 3 April 1919 |
Home Town: | Gosford, Gosford Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Gosford High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Presumed Killed, Malaya, 9 February 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Singapore Col 121 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX56202, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX56202, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
9 Feb 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, NX56202, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX56202 Sergeant Richard Edgar Norman, 2/19 Battalion, of Kincumber, NSW. Sgt Norman enlisted on 3 July 1940, and was listed as presumed dead in Malaya on 9 February 1942, aged 23 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)