Rupert Harold Inlay Norton

Forenames

Rupert Harold Inlay AWMM

Surname

Norton AWMM

Also known as

Rupert Harold Imlay Norton AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2448 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

13 Jun 1895 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of Public Trust, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

H.H. Norton (father), Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2448 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mrs L. M. Norton, Box 617, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

9 May 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM Officers, B. 1. 8. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1918. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
• Remuera Primary School World War One Gates 1914-1918, 25 Dromorne Road, Remuera Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New South Wales, Australia) Online.
  http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21381168
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880596
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/171955/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/171955
  Further Reference

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 544
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Second term. pp.14-15.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1918.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.