HOLDEN  N.G.

Given Names:  Norman Gladstone

           

Service Number:  38037

Unit:  57th Battalion, 4th reinforcements                                                                            

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  17 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Student                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                   

Weight:  157 Lbs

Chest:  36-40½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/7/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Rev Albert Thomas Holden

The Ferns', 19 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  11th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                    

Rank:  Gunner

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44416

Victory Medal:  43918

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    26/8/1898

Place:  Dunkeld, Victoria                          

Father:  Albert Thomas HOLDEN              

Mother:  Martha Prior MESLEY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 29/9/1918                          

Place: Roisel, France                               

Burial:  Roisel Communal Cemetery, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 352830

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary