GADSDEN N.C.

Given Names:  Norman Cotton

Service Number: 

Unit:  May 1917 Reinforcement                                                                                        

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number:  600876

Age:  23 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Importer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  143 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/11/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Dorothy Violet Gadsden

41 Long Road, Centennial Park, NSW                                                                               

Embarkation Date:  4/8/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Themistocles A32

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  via America                                     

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  15/12/1919                     

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  2382

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  10/2/1894

Place:  Kooyong,  Victoria                                   

Father:  Jabez GADSDEN                       

Mother:  Georgina WILKINSON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1917     

Place:             

Spouse: Dorothy Violet SMITH

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/5/1973                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Requested discharge in England to proceed to America to obtain information regarding the cotton-bag industry which would be of service to him in the firm of Mr J Gadsden, Manufacturer, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Scotch College

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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