Packer, Norman Edward

Furthermore

His parents had his body exhumed, without approval, and brought home to be buried in Rookwood. Service by Rabbi Cohen & with a Masonic service.

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M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., France, India, Salonika, Aden and Germany. Enlisting 14th March, 1915, and sailing on 20th reported at War Office 2nd May. Was sent to 46th Field Ambulance as secondlieutenant on 9th and, crossing to France 10th July, served until invalided from Somme via Rouen to England 20th December, 1916. Arriving in India 13th June, 1917, remained on active service and was posted to charge of Meerut General Hospital for service in Salonika 22nd September, 1918, sailing 10th October. Re-embarking for India 2nd February, 1919, was granted six months' sick leave 27th November. Posted to Aden 10th February, 1921, to B 165 Combined Field Ambulance, taking over command of B 166 C.F.Amb. 6th March. Promoted captain, 7th May, 1919. Awarded Afghanistan Medal with clasps in 1919. Killed at Cologne, 22nd October, 1922, while serving with the British Army of Occupation. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College.

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1891

Birth in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1891
1903

Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia 1903
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 14 Mar 1915
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Military service as Captain at France --, France ; India --, India ; Salonika --, Greece ; Aden --, Yemen ; Germany --, Germany
1919

Military award: Afghanistan Medal with clasps on 1919
1923

Buried 1923 at Rookwood Cemetery : Rookwood [ NSW Australia ]
1922

Death in Cologne --, Germany 22 October 1922

Gender

Male

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