Norman Willmott Flook

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First Name:

Norman

Middle Name:

Willmott

Last Name:

Flook

Alternate Spelling:

Willmot and Wilmot

Mother's Name:

Ellen (nee Charlton)

Father's Name:

Walter Flook

Date Enlisted:

Monday, October 30, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

18th Nattalion

Company:

A Company

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Thursday, September 20, 1917

Place of Death:

Glencourse Wood, Paschendaele, Belgium

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Norman Flook (Service No 6297) was born about 1888 and attended Helensburgh Public School. At the time of enlistment he was a single 28 year old letter carrier who had served in the CMF.His parents were deceased by this time and his uncle Thomas Coulson, of Helensburgh, NSW is listed as next of kin.

He embarked on HMAT A29 Suevic with 18th Reinforcements, 18th Battalion on 11th November 1916. After training in England he joined 1st Platoon, A Company, 18th Battalion in France on 20th May 1917 and served with them on the Western Front. On 20th September 1917 he was killed by machine gun fire from an enemy plane about 9 30 am, while he was digging a position at Glencourse Wood. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres Belgium.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, FLOOK N W