Gilbert Sherman Norris

Service number: 1232

Rank: Private

Unit: 18th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Gilbert Norris was born in 1891 and was a salesman. He enlisted on 2 March 1915, giving as next of kin his father at The Breakers, Ashburner Street, Manly.

He served with the 18th Battalion at Gallipoli, where he was badly wounded in the arm. Following hospital treatment at Mudros and in London, he was returned to Australia on the Themistocles on 8 May 1916 and discharged from service on 13 September 1916.

The photo is mis-captioned Morris.