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Norman Lockhart DREYER

ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSolicitor
AddressHolt Houyse, York Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, H C Dreyer, Holt House, York Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service11th Battery, Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date20 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Battery 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A45 Bulla on 25 November 1915
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

Date of death6 August 1918
Place of burialLongueau British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Helen DREYER, Holt House, 56 York Street, Sydney. Native of Bathurst, New South Wales
Medals

Distinguished Service Order


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173
Date: 7 November 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: Distinguished Service Order, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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