Norman Thomas IRWIN

IRWIN, Norman Thomas

Service Number: NX66141
Enlisted: 3 December 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Wellington, New Zealand, 9 July 1919
Home Town: Vaucluse, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sawmill hand
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World War 2 Service

3 Dec 1940: Enlisted Private, NX66141
3 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1941: Involvement Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk
28 Oct 1942: Wounded Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA (Shell blast)
26 Jun 1943: Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, In Australia
9 Aug 1943: Promoted Corporal, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea
4 Sep 1943: Involvement Corporal, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
11 Feb 1944: Transferred Private, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), New Guinea (reverted to Private at own request).
19 Jun 1945: Involvement Private, NX66141, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, Unit - 2/14 AT PL
25 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1945: Discharged Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, NSW
Date unknown: Involvement Private, NX66141, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein