SECCOMBE, Norman Thorne
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 25 Mar 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked 25 Mar 1902 aboard Englishman arriving Durban 10 May 1902. | |
| 19 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Norman Thorne Seccombe served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private (S.N. 97) in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and secondly as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse both recorder in the single Boer War Dossier held by the National Archives of Autralia.
Despite both records of service giving his name as Norman Thorne Seccombe, the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll names him as Norman Thorpe seccombe for his first service (Murray p. 461) and then Norman Thorne Seccombe for his second service (Murray p. 527 also confirms previous service in 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry).
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Though he stated on his attestation paper for his second service in the Boer War that he was born at Gosford, the NSW BDM records indicate Norman Thorne Seccombe was born in 1873 at Paterson, News South Wales, a son to George William Raby Thorne Seccombe and Amy Annie Seccombe (nee Naylor). He was a brother of William Thomas Thorne Seccombe who also served as a Private S.N. 98 in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Like his brother it appears he may have returned to South Africa after the war to settle there.
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