McWhinney, Norman Burnett (Private, b.1896 - d.1916)

Places	Africa: Egypt Africa: Egypt, Cairo Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	1DRL/0465
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 2 cm.
Object type	Letter
Maker	McWhinney, Norman Burnett
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	1927
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM93 12/11/187
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the service of 2415 Private Norman Burnett McWhinney, 23 Battalion, at sea, Egypt, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of twenty-three typescript copies of letters written by Private McWhinney to his mother. Location of original letters unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: 2415 Private Norman Burnett McWhinney, 23 Battalion AIF, who on 28 July 1916 was killed in action at Pozieres. Other details concerning him are: clerk; of Hawthorn, Victoria; born Hawthorn; educated at Glenferrie State School, and Hawthorn College; served in the senior cadets; age at time of death, 20 years 6 months. Two brothers enlisted in the AIF and returned to Australia wounded - 360 Corporal Rupert Charles McWhinney, 37 Battalion; and 18173 Private Percy Alexander McWhinney, 7 Field Ambulance, AIF.