WOMERSLEY, Norman Preston
| Service Number: | VX62506 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1941, Enlisted in Royal Park , Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 19 May 1906 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Beri Beri, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 16 July 1945, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Grave Reference 18 D 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lance Corporal, VX62506 | |
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| 26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, VX62506, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Royal Park , Victoria | |
| 26 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX62506 | |
| 3 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Held at Tan Tui(Toey) POW Camp - Prisoner no. 1062 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Norman Preston WOMERSLEY was born on 19th May, 1906 in Colac, Victoria to Frank WOMERSLEY and Laura Kathleen Natalia WALKER
In 1933 he married Edna WYNNE and had three children - Judy, Wendy & Rex
He enlisted with the Australian Army on 26th August, 1941 & was with the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion (Gull Force) (see link for further details about Gull Force)
Norman was amongst other members of his battalion who were taken prisoner by the Japanese & held at Tan Tui POW Camp
He died on 16th July, 1946 at Ambon in the East Indies of the disease Beri Beri & is buried in Ambon War Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Roll of Honour in Melbourne, The Australian War Memorial, Ballarat Ex Prisoners of War memorial & the Roll of Honour at Ambon War Cemetery
His Battalion (2/21st Infantry (Gull Force) was given Battle Honours (30th January 1942 to 4th February, 1942 for the defence of Ambon
His brother Alan Seymour WOMERSLEY (RAAF - SWPA) Serial No. 53499 also served and returned to Australia
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Trove - In Memoriam
WOMERSLEY - VX62506 - Lance Corporal Norman Preston -2/21st.
In loving memory of my beloved husband & devoted father of Judy, Wendy and Rex who died while POW, Ambon July 16, 1945
"To us he will never grow old, but live for ever young in our remembrance" (Edna) " Always remembered" ( Alan)
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