Norman Cornthwaite
Name Norman Cornthwaite
Number Private 2032
Battalion 24th Battalion
Place of Birth Mirboo North
Next of Kin Mrs. L S Cornthwaite or Miss E Cornthwaite of Mirboo North
Date and place of enlistment Melbourne 21/6/1915
Physical details on enlistment Age 20 years 4 months, 5’9”, 10 stone, brown eyes and dark brown hair.
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation farmer
Date and place of death
He was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on 5/10/1917
Location of grave or memorial
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate at Ypres
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
From Allambee South
Military History
- He is on the Hallston Honour Roll
- 16/6/15 He enlisted in Melbourne
- 29/10/15 He went to Gallipoli
- 10/1/16 He went to Alexandria and on to Marseilles
- 2/9/16 He was wounded. He had gun shot wound to the scalp. He went to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station and then on to a train to the 26th General Hospital Etaples
- 7/10/16 He returned to Belgium
- 5/10/17 He was killed in action
- There is a letter from his sister Miss E Cornthwaite of
Allenby Lodge
Burwood Rd Glenferrie
- His mother received a letter regarding the medal rules. She wrote a letter stating Norman’s father’s address is Mirboo North
- His estate was administered by the Curator of Estates of deceased persons 483 Collins St Melbourne
- His father John Cornthwaite received the medals in 1922
- His mother gave him permission to enlist as did John his father of Mirboo North
- Signature p 35 of his file
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