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NORRIS, Walter Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 563 |
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Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Coolgardie, Coolgardie, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds - shoulder and back, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 16 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 56, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 563, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 563, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 563, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Tilden Norris and Francis May Norris, nee Williamson of Tindal Gold Mine, Coolgardie, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal