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Norman Ewart Franklin PINKSTONE

Regimental number883
Date of birth--/02/1894
Place of birthCootamundra New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationJournalist
Address Allowrie, Thompson Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Pinkstone, Allowrie, Thompson Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Battalion E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
No details of embarkation for HQ and A-H Companies entered on Embarkation Roll.
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 55th Battalion
Promotion date: 12 March 1916

Lieutenant


Unit: 55th Battalion
Promotion date: 31 July 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches (Altered from Military Cross)


Recommendation date: 17 September 1918

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).
Recommendation date: 25 September 1918

FateReturned to Australia
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*no date of fate
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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