Norman Vincent (Vince) DYTE MM

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Service Number:	801
Enlisted:	26 March 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	El Peurto, Valparaiso, Chile, 19 July 1893
Home Town:	Metung, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 5 August 1971, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

26 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 801, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 801, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 801, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
27 Oct 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For devotion to duty and gallantry under fire by volunteering to remain behind with C.3 party at Lone Pine in company with 125 Sgt. Frank Sylvester McCooey during the evacuation of Gallipoli on the night of 19/20 December 1915. By their energy and with the aid of very few men they maintained the usual fire from a section of Lone Pine, deceiving the Turks. They were the last NCOs to leave Lone Pine, Gallipoli.
26 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, England

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