STEELE N.L.
Given Names: Norman Leslie
Service Number: 240
Unit: Australian Flying Corps No.1 Squadron
Rank: Private
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Age: 21 Yrs 2 Mths
Occupation: Warehouseman
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 9 In
Weight: 142 Lbs
Chest: 34-37 In
Hair: Fair
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Fair
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 8/2/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Phillip John Steele
9 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 16/3/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Orsova A67
END OF WAR
Status: Died of wounds
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Unit: Australian Flying Corps , 6th Squadron
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
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MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 33009
Victory Medal: 35784
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BIRTH
Date or Year: 1896
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Phillip John STEELE
Mother: Johanna Albertine EKMAN
MARRIAGE
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DEATH
Date or Year: 20/4/1917
Place: Hareira, Beersheba, Palestine
Burial: No known grave,
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
He died in German hands after his Martinsyde aircraft was shot down and crashed behind Turkish lines at Hareira, Palestine. He had been hit in the side by fragment of a shell beside his machine
MEMORIALS
Kew War Memorial
Holy Trinity Church
Melbourne Cricket Club
Trinity Grammar
Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine
Australian War Memorial
Memorial Plaque: 356986
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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