Williams, Norman Charles (4340)
Place of Birth: Ballarat, VIC
Age: 19 years 7 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 5 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 4340 view online service record
Address:
78 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mary Jane Williams (mother)
78 Dow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 29 December 1915
Ship: HMAT Demosthenes A64
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion – 13th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Saturday, 21 July 1917
Discharged: Monday, 5 November 1917
Brother: Stanley Gordon Williams (2036)
While Norm was recovering from shell shock in hospital in England during August 1916, Sister Winifred Edwards wrote to his mother back in Dow Street about his condition.
1916 ‘”A VERY PLUCKY BOY.”‘, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 11 November, p. 4. , viewed 03 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164430