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NORTON, Charles William
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 583 |
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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) |
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.