Norman Bruhn (1894 - 1927)

Born 2 Jun 1894 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Irene Isabell (Wyatt) Wilson — married 1920 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1927 at age 33 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Norman Bruhn (1894-1927) was a notorious Australian thief, standover man and pimp who was probably best known as a key member of Tilly Devine's Sydney razor gang.^[1]

Norman Bruhn was born at Geelong 1894^[2]

He enlisted in the AIF in December 1914, arriving at Gallipoli in May 1915.

Service number: 2195

Rank: Private

Unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict/Operation: First World War, 1914-1918

Enlistment Date: 04 December 1914

Fate: Returned to Australia

Fate Date: 18 December 1919

During his service he was summerily charged several times for AWL and drunkenness. He also faced three Court Marshals for desertion, escaping detention, and AWL.^[3]

Married Irene Wyatt 1920^[4].

Imprisoned in Victoria for larceny, receiving, breach of bond, indecent behavior, insufficient means, etc. 5 October 1921 to 29 November 1924 with periods during this time of bail to appeal^[5].

Died Sydney 1927^[6].

--Extract from Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 1927^[7]--

GANG WARFARE. Darlinghurst Murder.

Norman Bruhn, aged 34 years, the victim of the shooting affray in Charlotte-lane, Darlinghurst, on Wednesday night, died in Sydney Hospital at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Conscious, and in full possession of his senses till just before his death, Bruhn had repeatedly refused to give the police any information likely to incriminate the man who shot him.

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Bruhn
2. ↑ Birth: Victorian births deaths and marriage register 20881/1894
3. ↑ NAA: B2455, BRUHN N https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3132848
4. ↑ Marriage: Victorian births deaths and marriage register 5089/1920
5. ↑ http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewRecord&entityId=090fe2738172ed44
6. ↑ Death: NSW BDM register 5412/1927
7. ↑ http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16365113