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Norman Charles DALTON

Regimental number5384
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolNormal School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.6
Height5' 9.5"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, C J Dalton, John Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Cadets.
Enlistment date2 December 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1916
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave 11), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and May DALTON, 45 Woodcot Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 20 April 1916; disembarked Egypt, 24 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 9 August 1916 (shrapnel wound, right and left thigh), and admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance.

Died of wounds, 9 August 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsUnderstated age at enlistment: born 1899, true age at death 17 years 14 days.
SourcesNAA: B2455, DALTON Norman Charles

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