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William Henry Norgate

1880-1954

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1396

About

Born in New Zealand

28 December 1880
Parent

Father

George Williams
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Rakahi Sawmills, Rakahi
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Lyttleton Navals

    1 year in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 73

    14 December 1954

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 83/0122736, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “William Henry Norgate (1880-1954)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/633

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