Timothy Norton

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 21 May 1877 Te Awaiti, Arapawa Island, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand
  • Died 16 April 1941, Wellington
  • Last rank Corporal
  • Service number 40239
  • Served In New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
  • Next of Kin Miss Catherine Norton (sister), Te Awaiti, Marlborough Sounds
  • Pre-war occupation Self-employed Whaler
  • ReligionRoman Catholic
  • Enlisted6 October 1916
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 80, Corinthic, departed 2 April 1917 Wellington, disembarked 10 June 1917, Plymouth, Devon, England
  • Theatres of operationWestern European 1917
  • Periods of service168 days in New Zealand and one year 106 days overseas in Western Europe. Total service of one year and 274 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Mokoia, 17 July 1918
  • Discharged13 August 1918, no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
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