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• Norman Featherstone Thornton

confirmed

Born: 1 January 1894

Died: 6 September 1965

All photos (1)

Service number

• Service number 4533

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth record

• 1894 in Double Bay, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 6 September 1965 in Edgecliff, NSW, Australia

Address

• 17 Magic Grove, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - William Thornton
• Mother - Isabella Featherstone
• Wife - Pearl Whitaker Boyd
• Brother - George Septimus Thornton

Organisation

• 17th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• THORNTON Norman Featherstone : Service Number - 4558 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) THORNTON Isabell (NAA file)
• DOUBLE CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
• SUPER LUCK! Man With Broken Neck NOW OUT OF HOSPITAL (newspaper article)
• Norman Featherstone Thornton (photograph)

Commemorations

• THORNTON N. F. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Thornton, N.F. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Thornton, N on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour