Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

15/12/1942

Place of Enlistment

Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

18/04/1922

Place of Birth

Dyer Crossing NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

School(s) Attended

Sydney Boys High School

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

A. Norrie

Service Number

2274, NX138174

Final Rank

Captain

Final Unit

Australian Staff Corps

OBE for "efficiency, outstanding example to duty", promulgated Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 26 November 1953

Norrie entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1941 and graduated on 14 December 1942. He enlisted the following day and served in New Guinea with the 2/2 Battalion. He returned to RMC in 1949 as Adjutant (until 1950) and as an instructor until posted to Korea on 22 August 1952. His tour there, as a company commander with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, ended on 6 August 1953. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his work in Korea. Norrie commanded the 1st Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment in Port Moresby in the early 1960s and was Director of Military Art at RMC from 1965 to 1968. After a stint as military attaché in Saigon and the Canungra jungle training centre, Norrie returned to Port Moresby where he led to PNG Defence Force up until that country gained independence in 1975. He retired in 1977 and was appointed as general manager of the Australian Jockey Club. Norrie died in Sydney on 28 July 2007. During his time in Canberra, Norrie was heavily involved in rugby union, both as a player with RMC and as a coach of ACT teams.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War http://www.koreanroll.gov.au/
The Canberra Times - 13 May 1952, 5 August 1952, 8 March 1954
The Australian - 24 August 2007 (obituary)
AWM Honours & Awards