Norman Kimberley OBORNE

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OBORNE, Norman Kimberley

Service Number:	WX4922
Enlisted:	23 July 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wyndham, Western Australia, 24 September 1919
Home Town:	Bicton, Melville, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Died of Wounds, New Guinea, 14 September 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot B, Row B, Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , WX4922, Claremont, WA
14 Sep 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed

Norman Kimberley OBORNE was born in Wyndham, Western Australia on 24th September 1919

His parents were John Frederick OBORNE & Jane Elizabeth HERBERT who married in WA in 1914

He married Joan Miriam GAMBLE in WA in 1943

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Two of his brothers also served during WW2

1. John Wyndham OBORNE (SN WX2034) - Army

discharged 11th April, 1945 (2/32rd Infantry Battalion)

2. Stanley William OBORNE (SN WX22864) - Army

discharged 12th December, 1946 (2/10th Infantry Battalion)

Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - John Frederick Oborne and Jane Elizabeth Herbert married 17th June 1914 in Carbarup, Mt Barker, Western Australia.

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