MESTON, Norman
| Service Number: | 9924 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Woodburn, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1881 |
| Home Town: | Woodburn, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | 1960, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Buckendoon Public School HR, Evans Head Great War HR, Woodburn Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9924, 9th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 9924, 9th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 9924, 9th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Norman Meston was a fitter in civilian life and he served with the 9th Field Company Engineers. He was recommended for a DCM during April 1918 for conspicuous courage in supervising the construction of an important bridge across the Somme River whilst under heavy shell fire. He was awarded the MM. He was again recommended for a DCM on 30 September 1918, for a solo reconnaissance mission through a tunnel which located a German strongpoint. He received no award on this occasion.
Norman’s younger brother 1394 Pte. Harold Victor Meston 9th Battalion AIF, had been killed in a railway accident in France on the 4 April 1916, aged 30.
Another younger brother, 1720 Lce. Cpl. Leslie Gordon Meston 18th Battalion AIF, was also killed in action 19 May 1918, aged 29.
They were the sons of Alexander and Janet Louisa Meston of Lewisham, NSW, though the boys gave their place of association as Woodburn, which is still a small town, on the banks of the Richmond River, in far northern NSW.
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