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Norman Edgar CASEY

Regimental number2833
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationPainter
AddressCollaroy Beach, Narrambeen, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9.5"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Casey, Fielding Street, Collaroy Beach, Narrambeen, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 29th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date5 June 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of illness 27 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 302), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary CASEY. Born at Flemington, New South Wales
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Sydney, 17 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 15 February 1917 ('dangerously ill': pneumonia).

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAddress incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Collaroi Beach.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CASEY Norman Edgar

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