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George NORRIS

Regimental number522
Place of birthBloomfield, Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales
SchoolMurrin Provisional School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBloomfield, Cargelligo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Norris, Bloomfield, Cargelligo, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHangard Wood, France
Age at death26.9
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHangard Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. II), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Eliza Mary NORRIS, Bloomfield, Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1959 Temp. Cpl Stanley Osmond NORRIS, MM, 50th Bn, returned to Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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