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Edward Joseph NORTON

Regimental number2432
Place of birthMaryborough Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressCloncurry, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinBrother, James Norton, Bunbury, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 45), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Winifred NORTON. Native of Queensland

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