Norman Thomas Trethewey

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Norman Thomas Trethewey. Image courtesy Graeme Trethewey

TRETHEWEY, Norman Thomas

Service no: 1923 [1]

Place of birth: Orange

Address: Racecourse Road, Orange

Occupation: Carpenter

Next of kin: Bessie Trethewey (mother), Racecourse Road, Orange

Date of enlistment: 24 January 1916

Place of enlistment: Casula

Age at enlistment: 20

Fate: Taken on force with 2nd Reinforcement Unit (1st Pioneers), Casula. Posted to C Company Depot, Bathurst. Transferred to 13th Engineers, Bathurst, 8 March 1916. Embarked HMAT A40 Ceramic, Sydney, 14 April 1916. Disembarked Egypt, May 1916. Arrived Plymouth 11 June 1916. Posted to AIF headquarters, Tidworth, 18 June 1916. Transferred to Pioneer Training Unit, Larkhill, 17 March 1917. Arrived Western Front 10 October 1917. Posted to 1st Pioneer Battalion 11 October 1917. Wounded in action, Ypres, 28 October 1917. Died of wounds, Belgium, 30 October 1917.

Date of death: 30 October 1917

Buried: No known grave