Major Norman Leopold Goble

Service number	VX111
Birth Date	1909-03-27
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
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1944-04-27 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-04-27

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Rank

Major

London Gazette

27 April 1944 on page 1929 at position 40

Commonwealth Gazette

27 April 1944 on page 894 at position 102
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Conflict

Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

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