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Norman Arthur Gribble

Personal details

Date of birth Friday 3 April 1891
Mother's name Selina (nee Rixon)
Father's name Arthur Gribble
Date of death Wednesday 19 May 1915
Place of death Gallipoli
Cause of death Killed in action

Service details

Date enlisted Wednesday 2 September 1914
Rank at enlistment Private
Rank at discharge Private
Service Infantry
Unit 4th Battalion
Company H Company
Awards 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Story

Norman Gribble (Service No 979) was born in Bulli, NSW. In 1912 he married Hilda McGrory. He was 23 years old and employed as a salesman when he enlisted.

Norman embarked on HMAT A14 Euripides with H Company, 4th Battalion on 20th October 1914. After training in Egypt he landed on Gallipoli on 25th April and survived the early fighting.
Unfortunately he was killed on 19th May,1915 and is buried in 4 Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row D, Grave 17.

His father, a Church of England Minister, enlisted in 1916 and served as Chaplain on troop ships.

Information sources

NAA: B2455, GRIBBLE N A

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1633261/

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1801923/

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/606696/GRIBBLE,%20NORMAN%20ARTHUR

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=119495