Private 2032

24th Battalion

Mirboo North, Victoria

Mrs. L S Cornthwaite or Miss E Cornthwaite of Mirboo North

Melbourne, Victoria 21/6/1915

Age 20 years 4 months, 5'9", 10 stone, brown eyes and dark brown hair.

Presbyterian

Farmer

He was killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge on 5/10/1917

He has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate at Ypres

From Allambee South, Victoria


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