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WELLINGTON, Norman Bruce
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 7137, 9013 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Gilberton South Australia, 9 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Result of motor cycle accident, Tusmore, South Australia, 31 May 1939, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Black Forest North Adelaide Melbourne Street Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Flinders Park Staff of the South Australian Gas Company Roll of Honour, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7137 | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Driver, 7137, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Driver, 7137, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Transferred 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Temporarily attached to 27th Battalion, 7th Infantry Brigade. In June of that year, this Battalion was in Armentieres. The Battle of the Somme commenced on 8/6/1916 near Pozieres. | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Transferred Driver, 20th Infantry Battalion, Rejoined unit | |
| 5 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 11th Field Ambulance | |
| 13 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 9013, Discharged from Keswick Barracks, Adelaide, SA |
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