Temporary Brigadier Edward Creer Norrie

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Brigadier
Birth Date	1886-09-28
Final Rank	Temporary Brigadier
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Units	19th Australian Infantry Battalion 25th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01 Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28 Published in London Gazette in 1935-06-03 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

28 December 1917 on page 13566 at position 88

Commonwealth Gazette

18 April 1918 on page 843 at position 166
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Captain
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards:

Unit

Australian Military Forces

Conflict

Period 1930-1939

Rank

Temporary Brigadier

London Gazette

03 June 1935 on page 3595 at position 1
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel
Honours and Awards:

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

01 January 1918 on page 28 at position 46

Commonwealth Gazette

18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 82
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

19th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

19th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Major
Honours and Awards:

Unit

25th Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel

London Gazette

01 June 1917 on page 5422 at position 26

Commonwealth Gazette

04 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 38

Timeline

Date of birth	28 September 1886
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	18 August 1914	Appointed as a captain in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF).
Other	04 March 1915	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) appointment terminated.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	07 May 1915	Appointed to the AIF as a captain with the 19th Battalion.
Date promoted	01 June 1915	Appointed to major.
Date of recommendation honour or award	18 September 1916
Date promoted	29 November 1916	Appointed to lieutenant colonel.
Other units	29 November 1916	Appointed to command the 25th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award	1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	05 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	08 September 1917
Other	24 September 1917	Brevet Major in the AMF for specially meritorious work rendered on active service.
Date of recommendation honour or award	26 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	28 September 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award	30 September 1917
Other units	25 April 1918	Commanding Officer of the 5th Training Battalion.
Date returned to Australia	09 December 1918
Other	08 April 1919	AIF appointment terminated.