Norris war diaries, 1915, and narrative 1914-1916 / Sam Norris

sub-fonds

1914-1916

846043

Digitised : 2014

0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript

Signaller S. Norris, a clerk, was born in Yorkshire, England and enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria aged 21, on 7 Nov. 1914. He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray, 2 Feb. 1915 and served in the 6th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement in Egypt and Gallipoli. He was wounded at Gallipoli, returned to Australia and was discharged there in July 1916. He later returned to England as assistant canteen-sergeant on the troopship Nestor, Nov. 1916

ITEM 01
Sam Norris war diary, 1 February 1915 -1 May 1915

ITEM 02
Sam Norris war diary, 29 April 1915-5 July 1916

ITEM 03
Sam Norris war narrative, 'There and back', 11 April 1914-18 November 1916

State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
Microfilm copy available at CY 4897, frames 1 - 137