frev Posted 30 March , 2006 Share Posted 30 March , 2006 Remembering today............ Norman John EMBLETON Royal Australian Navy Paymaster's Clerk Buried Pine Ridge Memorial Park, Vic, Aus a very important man with a very important job You may not have left our shores But you still took up the call And did your bit - and gave your life The most precious gift of all Rest in Peace Norman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 30 March , 2006 Share Posted 30 March , 2006 Thanks frev. Will have a drink to his memory tonight. It's strange but I couldn't find him on the AWM honour roll. Do you know much about Pine Ridge Memorial Park? Cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 30 March , 2006 Share Posted 30 March , 2006 Pine Ridge is a large cemetery in Melbourne and it was formerly known as Coburg General Cemetery. It has 158 WW1 Commonwealth War Graves and 21 from WW2. I have never been there but it is the site of my first success in getting a previously uncommemorated soldier added to CWGC's list and a CWGC headstone erected. He was a young man from my village in Sussex who happened to be in Australia on outbreak of war and joined the Ozzie army only to die in training. I intend to visit on my next trip to the city - one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 30 March , 2006 Share Posted 30 March , 2006 very nicely put Frev Remembering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 31 March , 2006 Share Posted 31 March , 2006 Cheers Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 31 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2006 Thanks for the cemetery info Terry - I knew it had something to do with the Coburg Cemetery - thought it must have been a section of it. Have just discovered that it is today known as Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Cnr Bell & Elizabeth St, Coburg. Terry - If you happen to visit Coburg before I do - which isn't as unlikely as it sounds - one of Jim Strawbridge's ladies is buried at Coburg Cemetery - must be in the general section, as she's not listed among the 158 WW1 graves. VAD May DICKSON d.4/10/1917. (and he still needs a photo of her grave) Back to our friend Norman. Just found out today that he was born in 1894 at Lake Charm, near Kerang in country Victoria. He was the son of Robert Embleton/Embelton & Elizabeth Moore, and the youngest of their 5 children. Norman was only 20 when he died. Can't help wondering what he died of. (meningitis could be a possibility I guess). Thanks for the comment Michael - I thought it a little corny - but heart-felt just the same! Andrew - I'm going to have a glass of wine dedicated to Norman tonight - feel free to have another if you'd like. Cheers, Frev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frev Posted 2 April , 2006 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2006 Just thought I'd add the following (seeing it took me so long to find it - NA had a little typing error & listed him as EMBERTON!) Anyway, one of Norman's older brothers also went to war. David Moore EMBELTON. He was born in 1887 at Lake Charm and went into the medical profession - so when he enlisted in Nov 1914, he went into the AAMC. Luckily for the family, he did go home, in 1919 - and by this time he was a Major, had been mentioned in despatches twice & awarded the O.B.E. Cheers, Frev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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