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Norman Ernest PINNE

Regimental number2119
Place of birthMoonee Ponds, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
Address13 Thomas Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 3"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Florence Partridge, 13 Thomas Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 50th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No I), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Catherine PINNE. Native of Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 18 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 22 March 1916.

Taken on strength of 29th Bn, Brighton Beach, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Reported missing in action, 19/20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 23 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PINNE Norman Ernest
Red Cross file 2160506

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