Norman Frank (Jock) WILD

WILD, Norman Frank

Service Number: NX54905
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, NX54905
26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX54905
16 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
31 Jan 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX54905, 8th Division Headquarters, Died from dysentery whilst on active service (PoW)

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Biography 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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