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Pte. Norman Victor Gordon

Australian Imperial Force 15th Battalion

from:Gympie, Queensland, Australia

(d.17th November 1917)

Norman Gordon enlisted 29th of November 1915 aged 21 years 2 months. He went overseas with the 20th Reinforcements and joined 15th Battalion. He was captured at Bullecourt on 11th of April 1917 and was sent to Wittenberg. He was working at the Golpa coal mine and was returning to camp on 17th of November 1917 with a group of other prisoners. They were walking beside the train track and as a train approached Norman stumbled, he fell onto the track and was killed instantly. He is buried at Berlin South Great Western Cemetery Stahnsdorf.



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