WILD, Norman Frank
| Service Number: | NX54905 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Headquarters |
| Born: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 11 July 1903 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carrier |
| Died: | Dysentery whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 31 January 1944, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Plot 1. Row E. Grave 11. Personal Inscription: - "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED YOU IS NOT TO DIE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, NX54905 | |
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| 26 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX54905 | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 31 Jan 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX54905, 8th Division Headquarters, Died from dysentery whilst on active service (PoW) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Norman Francis Wild was born on 11th July 1903 to Richard John Wild and Caroline Christina Stephens who were married 18th March 1882 in
Manly, New South Wales, Australia.
His father Richard John Wild passed away on 1st March 1933 in Manly, New South Wales, aged 76 years. His mother Caroline Christina passed away on 30th December 1942 in Manly, New South Wales, aged 85 years.
Wife: - Ellen Marguerite "Nellie" Ward married 6th June 1928 in the Presbyterian Church, Manly, New South Wales, Australia. After Franks death Ellen married James Colin Kinder Walton in 1952 at the Mosman, Registry, Office, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia when she was 47 years old. Nellie died on 11th October 1979 at the Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia. She bequeathed her remains to the University of New South Wales.
Corporal Norman Frank Wild died on 31th January 1944 in Thailand, aged 40 years old. He was married to Ellen for 15 years.
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