Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Moore Norris

Service number	VX290
Birth Date	1909-01-31
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Hawthorn
Death Date	1944-10-07
Death Place	New Guinea
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Army
Unit	7th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Hawthorn New Guinea
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Date of birth	31 January 1909
Other	1926	Senior Cadets.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs)	1927
Date commissioned	02 April 1930	Lieutenant.
Other units	26 July 1932	11/16th Battalion.
Other units	16 April 1934	6th Battalion.
Other units	01 July 1936	Staff captain 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Date promoted	05 January 1937	Captain.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	06 December 1939	Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other	14 February 1940	Arrived Middle East.
Other units	1940-04-15 - 1940-07-29	Attached Headquarters 6 Australian Division as deputy adjutant and quartermaster general.
Other units	29 July 1940	2/6th Battalion.
Other units	16 January 1941	Attached Headquarters Base Area Lines of Communication Units.
Date promoted	07 February 1941	Temporary major.
Other units	26 October 1941	2/6th Battalion.
Date promoted	16 March 1942	Major.
Other	24 March 1942	Arrived Ceylon.
Date returned to Australia	04 August 1942
Other	27 September 1942	Joint Overseas Operational Training School.
Other	20 October 1942	Arrived New Guinea.
Other	1942-12-14 - 1943-01-06	Attached 17 Australian Infantry Brigade Training centre.
Date returned to Australia	07 April 1943	Returned to Townsville.
Date promoted	26 April 1943	Temporary lieutenant colonel.
Other units	1943-10-18 - 1944-10-08	Commanding officer 7th Battalion.
Other	03 May 1944	Arrived Lae.
Date of death	07 October 1944