Norman Walter ROONEY

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Service Numbers:	QX54572, Q122995
Enlisted:	27 November 1941, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nobby, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1921
Home Town:	Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Shop Assistant (Grocer)
Died:	Suicide, Lae, New Guinea, 21 February 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot D. Row C. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "FATHER IN THY KEEPING, LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nobby School Memorial Gates and Wall, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX54572
27 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q122995, 7th Training Battalion (AIF), Brisbane, Queensland
19 Jun 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the Australian Military Forces (AMF) to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and assigned service number - QX54572, Died of self-inflicted wounds in New Guinea.
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54572, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted
21 Feb 1944:	Discharged
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54572, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF

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