NORMAN, Oliver
| Service Number: | 1631 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, 27 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 2 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Compass - Nangkita Districts Honour Roll, Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 2 Jun 1917: | Wounded GSW (neck) | |
| 1 Apr 1918: | Wounded Dernancourt/Ancre, 2nd occasion - Shell wound (thorax) | |
| 2 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 1631, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1631 awm_unit: 4th Trench Mortar Battery Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Oliver Norman was unmarried and aged narly 20 when he enlisted in Adelaide. He was 5'5' (165cm) tall and weighed 142lbs (64kg) and had a fair complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair.
Oliver was wounded in action on 02 June 1917 and was transferred to England for treatment. He returned to the field in January 1918. Unfortunately he was wounded again on 01 April 1918 with shrapnel in his thorax. He died two days laterin the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital and was buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery France.
Olivers parents established a farm called Normaton in Willunga during the 1850s. Today it is named Peacock Farm and the road is named in the family's honour.
Excerpt from the Book; "The Picture of Fortitude" with approval from THe Willunga Recreational Park.
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