Norman Langley SURMAN

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Service Number:	4280
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1897
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	North Adelaide Public School, South Australia; Broken Hill School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Forest North Adelaide Melbourne Street Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
30 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4280, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 4280, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4280 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Son of Joseph Langley Surman and Maryann Surman nee Kendall 35 Maple Avenue, Keswick, SA formerly of North Adelaide, SA.

Brother of William Edwin Clarence Surman who returned to Australia on 1 July 1919 having served with the 13th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces