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Herbert NORRIS

Regimental number2726
Place of birthPrahran, Victoria
SchoolHeatherton State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressTootel Road, Heatherton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Alex Benjamin Norris, Tootel Road, Heatherton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces, Dandenong, Victoria.
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row R, Grave No. 23), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander Benjamin and Julia Ann NORRIS. Native of Victoria

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