Charles William NORTON

NORTON, Charles William

Service Number: 583
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Victorian Citizen Bushmen
Born: 22 March 1865, place not yet discovered
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boundary Rider and Horse Groom
Died: Died of wounds, Elands River, Transvaal, South Africa, 4 August 1900, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Swartruggens Cemetery, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North-West, South Africa
Elands River fallen re-interred post war in Swartruggens Cemetery.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square)
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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Private Charles William Norton, of the Bushmen's Corps, and formerly of 247 Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, died of wounds received at Elands River. The mother of the latter soldier resides at Penarth, Wales.