VX290 Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Moore Norris

VX290 Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Moore Norris

Date of birth1909-01-31 Upper Hawthorn, VIC 
Other  1926  Senior Cadets. 
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)  1927   
Date commissioned  1930-04-02  Lieutenant. 
Other units  1932-07-26  11/16th Battalion. 
Other units  1934-04-16  6th Battalion. 
Other units  1936-07-01  Staff captain 2nd Infantry Brigade. 
Date promoted  1937-01-05  Captain. 
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)  1939-12-06  Enlisted 2nd AIF. 
Other  1940-02-14  Arrived Middle East. 
Other units  1940-04-15 - 1940-07-29  Attached Headquarters 6 Australian Division as deputy adjutant and quartermaster general. 
Other units  1940-07-29  2/6th Battalion. 
Other units  1941-01-16  Attached Headquarters Base Area Lines of Communication Units. 
Date promoted  1941-02-07  Temporary major. 
Other units  1941-10-26  2/6th Battalion. 
Date promoted  1942-03-16  Major. 
Other  1942-03-24  Arrived Ceylon. 
Date returned to Australia  1942-08-04   
Other  1942-09-27  Joint Overseas Operational Training School. 
Other  1942-10-20  Arrived New Guinea. 
Other  1942-12-14 - 1943-01-06  Attached 17 Australian Infantry Brigade Training centre. 
Date returned to Australia  1943-04-07  Returned to Townsville. 
Date promoted  1943-04-26  Temporary lieutenant colonel. 
Other units  1943-10-18 - 1944-10-08  Commanding officer 7th Battalion. 
Other  1944-05-03  Arrived Lae. 
Date of death1944-10-07