Topic: AIF - 2B - 6 LHR
6th LHR, AIF
6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Norman Digby
A brief military biography of Norman Digby:
Address: Sunnyvale, Gibson Street, Waverley, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation: 19.
Cause of death: Died of wounds, 6 August 1916.Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 22 May 1915.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/11/2.
Enlistment date: 20 January 1915.
Family connections: Brother - 940 Sergeant Cecil Arthur DIGBY, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Marital status: Single.Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Next of kin: Father, A.E. Digby, 521 Kent Street South, Sydney, New South Wales.
Occupation: Clerk.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 5.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave no. 20), Egypt.
Rank on enlistment: Private.
Religion: Church of England.
Service number: 939.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
Unit from Nominal Roll: 6th Light Horse Regiment.
Unit name: 6th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement.
War Grave Register notes: DIGBY, Trooper Norman, 939. 6th Light Horse Regiment. Died of wounds 6th August 1916. B. 20.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
6th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 6th LHR, Roll of Honour, Norman Digby
