Topic: AIF - 5B - ICC
ICC, AIF
Imperial Camel Corps
Roll of Honour
Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon
A brief military biography of Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon:
Address: 28 Coleridge Street, East Kew, Victoria
Conflict: 1914-1918
Embarkation Age: 25
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Mongolia on 11 July 1916.
Embarkation Unit name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/13/4
Enlistment date: 17 November 1915
Family connections: Cousins: 274 Pte John Huon HOOKE, 6th Battalion, died of wounds, 25 April 1915; Captain Brian Moore O'SULLIVAN, 5th Battalion, died of wounds, 23 August 1918.
Fate: Killed in Action, 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs Florence Huon, 28 Coleridge Street, East Kew, Victoria.
Occupation: Bank clerk.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 10.
Place of birth: Wodonga, Victoria.
Place of burial: No Known Grave.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Rank on enlistment: Private.
Rank at death: Lance Corporal [L Cpl].
Regimental number: 2592.
Religion: Church of England.
School: Albury Grammar School, New South Wales.
Unit on Nominal Roll: 14th Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps.War Grave Register notes: 2592 Lance Corporal Norman Farquhar Bruce HUON, 8th Australian Light Horse. 23rd December 1916. Age 26. Son of William and Florence Huon, of 13, Chelsea Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria, Australia. Native of Wodonga, Victoria.
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:
Imperial Camel Corps, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Imperial Camel Corps, Roll of Honour, Norman Farquhar Bruce HUON
