GLADWIN, Norman Keith

  1. Service Details
  2. Personal Details
  3. Unit and Rank Details
  4. Notes
  5. Sources

Service Details

Branch of Service
Army
Conflict
World War II (1939-1945)
Date of Enlistment
09/08/1940
Date of Discharge
12/11/1945
Place of Enlistment
Canberra ACT

Personal Details

Gender
Male
Date of Birth
27/07/1919
Place of Birth
Caulfield, Victoria
Address (at enlistment)
Hayes Crescent, Griffith ACT
Occupation
Clerk
Next of Kin
Edward Gladwin (father), Hayes Crescent, Griffith ACT

Unit and Rank Details

Service Number
N43808
Final Rank
Corporal
Final Unit
36 Australian Infantry Battalion

Notes

Gladwin was mobilised in April 1940 and served with the 3rd Battalion militia. He was sent to Port Moresby, Papua in May 1942 and entered the Kokoda Track in September 1942. The 3rd fought the Japanese at Ioribaiwa and Imita Ridge before advancing along the Kokoda Track where further battles took place at Templetons Crossing, Eora and Oivi. The final phase of the campaign involving 3 Battalion was at Gona on the north coast of Papua where Gladwin was wounded but remained on duty.

Gladwin returned to Australia in January 1943 and was transferred to 36 Battalion in May. He was sent to New Guinea in July 1943 where he suffered several bouts of malaria before returning to Australia on leave in August 1944. His final overseas posting was for three months in New Britain from October 1944. He died on 10 January 2002 and is buried in Woden Cemetery.

Sources

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/cem_gravesearch.asp
The Canberra Times - 4 January 1943
Goulburn Evening Post - 4 January 1943
NAA RecordSearch

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