NORWOOD, George William
| Service Number: | 247 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Cranbourne, Casey, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tolworth School, Surrey, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, ,France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cranbourne St. John's Church of England Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 247, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 247, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age on arrival in Australia 14
Enlistment date 6th July 1915
Age at embarkation 18
Unit name 24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/41/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
He was the first to start the Boy Scouts at Cranbourne, Victoria; also taught classes to boys in first aid and signalling.
Name recorded as George William Norwood on Nominal Roll.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, France
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
24th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 18 and the son of William and Margaret Norwood, of Lower Dandenong Rd., Mentone, Victoria.
He attested as George William but he appears to have had his birth registered as William George Maxey Norwood.
Births Mar 1898 NORWOOD William George M Watford 3a 656
He is honoured on the war memorials at Surbiton, England and at the church of St Matthews , Surbiton, Surrey.
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