Major Norman Leopold Goble

Service number VX111
Birth Date 27/03/1909
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Carlton
Final Rank Major
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Carlton
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

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Date of birth 27/03/1909
Other 1921-07-01 - 1926-06-30 Cadet service.
Other 1925-07-01 - 1926-08-24 Private, 22nd Battalion.
Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) 01/07/1925
Other 25/08/1926 C Platoon.
Date promoted 25/11/1926 Promoted to sergeant.
Date commissioned 02/09/1927
Date promoted 02/09/1927 Promoted to lieutenant.
Other units 01/07/1930 Transferred 29/22nd Battalion.
Date promoted 30/08/1935 Promoted to captain.
Other 14/10/1939 Command and Staff School (Sydney).
Other units 13/10/1939 Seconded as captain 2/5th Battalion AIF from 29th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 02/11/1939 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other 13/10/1939 Appointed quartermaster 2/5th Battalion.
Other 14/09/1940 Middle East Tactical School 2.
Other 18/05/1940 Arrived Middle East.
Other units 1940-10-08 - 1941-06-05 Seconded 17th Infantry Training Battalion as company commander.
Date promoted 31/10/1941 Promoted to major.
Other 1942-09-27 - 1942-10-10 Joint Overseas Operational Training School.
Date returned to Australia 08/12/1942 Returned to Townsville.
Other units 1942-04-13 - 1942-06-25 Attached 17th Infantry Training Battalion.
Other 24/03/1942 Arrived Ceylon.
Date returned to Australia 04/08/1942
Other 20/10/1942 Arrived New Guinea.
Other units 1943-11-12 - 1944-09-14 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 5th Battalion.
Date returned to Australia 23/09/1943 Returned to Cairns.
Date wounded 01/08/1943 Gun shot wound to the forearm.
Other units 1944-09-14 - 1945-01-19 Commanding officer 47th Battalion.
Date of honour or award 03/05/1944 Mention in Despatches (for distinguished services South west Pacific Area).
Other 08/12/1944 Arrived Bougainville.
Other 19/05/1944 Land Headquarters School of Mechanical Engineering (2A Mobile Wing).
Other 17/02/1945 Arrived Lae.
Other 27/09/1945 Reserve of Officers.
Other units 1945-06-01 - 1945-09-19 Appointed officer commanding Leave and/or Troop Trains Victorian Lines of Communication Area.
Other 1945-02-01 - 1945-04-04 Appointed chief instructor of 1 Australian Army Regiment Training School.
Other units 18/04/1945 Land Headquarters Tactical School.
Date returned to Australia 04/03/1945 Returned to Brisbane.

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