Regimental number | 3307 |
Place of birth | Albany, Western Australia |
School | Kojonup State School, Western Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farm hand |
Address | Kojonup, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Gertrude Amelia Norrish, Kojonup, Western Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Light Horse Regiment, 27th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/15/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, 14th Army General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt. |
Fate | Deceased |
Place of death or wounding | Abbassia, Egypt |
Age at death | 19 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 156), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 8 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John William and Gertrude Amelia NORRISH, Kojonup, Western Australia |
Family/military connections | Father: Lt John William NORRISH, 10th Light Horse, returned to Australia; Brothers: Trooper J.W. NORRISH; F. Victor NORRISH; Cousins: Lt. Vernon PIESSE, 10th Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli; Trooper Arthur CHIPPER, wounded in Egypt; Lt Oxley PIESSE, killed in action, France; Pte Josiah NORRISH, wounded twice in France; Gunner Harold George CHIPPER; George Frederick CHIPPER, 28th Bn; Charles CHIPPER, British Army, died from the effect of war service in France. |