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Norbert John TRACEY

Regimental number2464
Place of birthHawthorn, Victoria
SchoolCamberwell Roman Catholic School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLeather worker
Address4 Rose Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Nicholson, 4 Rose Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date3 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDischarged 18 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSunken Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 18), Contalmaison, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Mrs. E. NICHOLSON (formerly TRACEY), 2 Portland Street, Richmond, Victoria, and the late John TRACEY. Native of Hawthorn, Victoria

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