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Norman Walter RIGBY

Regimental number1636
Place of birthCornwell Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMount Nicholas, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Benneworth, Mount Nicholas, Tasmania
Enlistment date7 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 July 1916
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 31), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mark and Elizabeth RIGBY, 40 Galavin Street, Launceston, Tasmania. Native of Cornwall, Tasmania

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