Norman BALSHAW

BALSHAW, Norman

Service Number: 19776
Enlisted: 4 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Moama, New South Wales, 1891
Home Town: Balranald, Balranald, New South Wales
Schooling: State School
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Corbie, France, 9 April 1918
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Plot XXXIII, Row F, Grave no. 24A, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balranald War Memorial, Euston War Memorial, Swan Hill War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19776, Melbourne, Victoria
20 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 19776, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 19776, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Sydney
18 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 19776, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Shell shock
4 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 19776, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Villers-Bretonneux, 2nd occasion - GSW (chest)
9 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 19776, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 19776 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-09

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Norman BALSHAW was born in Moama, NSW in 1891

His parents were Thomas Watkinson BALSHAW and Jane Ann BREMNER who married in NSW in 1882

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His brother Roderick Robert BALSHAW  (SN 547) also served in WW1 & was Killed in Action in 1917