Norman Edward Northey (1897 - 1917)

Born 30 Aug 1897 in Uralla, New South Wales, Australia

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Died 5 May 1917 at age 19 in Bullecourt, France

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Biography

Norman Edward Northey is an Anzac who served in World War One.

NORTHEY Norman Edward : Service Number - 508 : Place of Birth - Uralla NSW : Place of Enlistment - Uralla NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) NORTHEY Walter William Killed in Action

1/6/1917 Armidale Express The Rev. K. H. Stammer received the infinitely sad news on Wednesday that Pte. Norman Northey. son of Mr. and Mrs Northey, of ArmidaleRoad, near Arding, had made the supreme sacrifice in France. No further particulars are so far to hand.

5 March 1918 Armidale Express HOW PRIVATE NORTHEY WAS KILLED. Mrs. Northey, of Arding, has received the following letter through the Red Cross Society: We send you the following copy of a report which our agents have sent to us: "Northey and three others were killed by a big 9.2 shell, which landed in a party of us the day we came out of action at Bullecourt on May 8. We were near a railway embankment at the time. The same shell buried me, but I escaped unhurt and saw their dead bodies as they were dug out. We could not bury them. We had to leave that to the Battalion that relieved us. They all belonged to D. Co.. Informant: Pte. M. Gibson, D. Co. Confirmed by Sergt.Major A. C, Brainwood, D. Co."

Sources

• NSW birth registration #26731/1897 -https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?60
• Military records -https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7999506