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BRIERLEY, Norman Charles
| Service Numbers: | 5239, N102599, N274240 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | General Details Depot |
| Born: | Annandale, New South Wales, Australia , 3 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 5239, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Ormonde embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 5239, 31st Infantry Battalion, SS Ormonde, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N102599, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) | |
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| 20 Jul 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N102599, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) | |
| 24 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N274240, General Details Depot | |
| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, N274240, General Details Depot |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Phoebe Nyman Hicks
Norman Brierley, a farmer of Brisbane, Queensland was born in Annandale, New South Wales on 3rd of April 1897. He enlisted in Brisbane December 15th, 1917 aged 21 and embarked from Sydney on board RMS Ormonde, 2nd of March 1918. He served as a private with the 31st Battalion in France. After the armistice he travelled throughout France as batman to Lieutenant Hix. He was discharged on 13th September 1919 in Port Melbourne.
Letters to his brother Herbert and sister-in-law Jess, describe a voyage to Egypt on the Ormonde, and from Egypt to Marseilles on the Indarra May 1918, torpedoing of the Leicester Castle, training at Codford camp, trench warfare in France Sep. - Nov. 1918, travels in France as batman to Lieutenant Hix and return to Australia on H.M.A.S. Port Melbourne Aug. 1919.*
He enlisted again on 16th of January, 1941 at age 44 as Corporal in World War 2 and on 24th of July, 1941 as Lance Sergeant.
Norman Brierley married Ruby McRae on 26th November 1921 and had four children: Ronald Joseph, Betty Theresa, Patricia and Margaret. Ronald served in WW2 in the 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion.
*Passages excerpted from the State Library of NSW.