Herbert William NORRIS

Regimental number41004
Date of birth23 December 1881
Place of birthWaikaniti
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 3"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Ethel Norris, Foyle Street, Bluff
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 November 1916
Place of enlistmentInvercargill
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Harry Joseph Norris, Bluff, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 March 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 May 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 June 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 11 July 1917, and posted to C Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 July 1917 (scabies); transferred to 50th Casualty Clearing Station, 20 July 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 24 July 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 33
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21381040