NUMBER:
Private 2032

BATTALION / UNIT / SHIP:
24th Battalion

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Mirboo North, Victoria

NEXT OF KIN:
Mrs. L. S. Cornthwaite or Miss E. Cornthwaite of Mirboo North

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
Melbourne, Victoria 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

PLACE & DATE OF DEATH:
He was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on 5/10/1917

LOCATION OF GRAVE/MEMORIAL:
He has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate at Ypres

RELATIONSHIP TO WOORAYL SHIRE:
From Allambee South, Victoria

MILITARY/OTHER HISTORY:
◈ He is on the Hallston Honour Roll
◈ 16/6/1915 He enlisted in Melbourne
◈ 29/10/1915 He went to Gallipoli
◈ 10/1/1916 He went to Alexandria and on to Marseilles
◈ 2/9/1916 He was wounded with a gunshot wound to the scalp. He went to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station and then on to a train to the 26th General Hospital, Etaples
◈ 7/10/1916 He returned to Belgium
◈ 5/10/1917 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 back stating Norman's father's address was 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 his father John Cornthwaite of Mirboo North (signature on page 35 of his file)