Description
British War Medal, Impressed “1806 PTE N.L. DALWOOD 8 L.H.R. A.I.F.”
Victory Medal, Impressed “1806 PTE. N.L DALWOOD 8 L.H.R. A.I.F.”
Born in 1890 in Hotham Hill, Victoria and the son of Mr Charles Dalwood, Norman Lawrence Dalwood was a wood machinist by trade, and at the age of 25 attested for the Australian Imperial Force, enlisting on the 9th July 1915 as Private 1806 of the ‘B’ Company, 12th Infantry Battalion. On the 25th November 1915 Dalwood transferred to the 13th Reinforcements to the 8th Light Horse Regiment at Seymour, Victoria, and following several months training he embarked on the 18th January 1916 at Melbourne aboard the A44 ‘Vestalia’ for overseas service. Disembarking at Heliopolis, Dalwood first transferred to the 4th Division Artillery on the 1st April, then taken on strength into the 46th Battery and mustered as a Gunner. On the 18th May 1916, Dalwood was taken on strength into the 11th Field Artillery Brigade and was posted to the 43rd Battery, to which he formally transferred to six days later at Serapeum. Dalwood, now attested as Gunner 1806, would disembark at Marseilles aboard the ‘Haverford’ on the 10th of June 1916. Later, he transferred to the 111th Howitzer Battery.
Throughout his service, Dalwood continually misbehaved and was awarded many instances of field punishment and forfeiture of pay. Of note, Dalwood was court martialled several times, the first on the 18th April 1917 after being found drunk on the 4th April, to which he was confined for 13 days. Later, Dalwood was court martialled on the 8th December 1918 and awarded 42 days field punishment 2 after being found drunk in France on the 1st December, and again on the 8th January 1919 after being arrested in Flavion, Belgium on the 12th of December, and was awarded a further 60 days field punishment 2. His superior officer states that Dalwood was “disobeying in such a manner as to show a wilful defiance of authority and lawful command given by his superior officer in the execution of his office”, as well as for threatening his superior officer with obscene language.
Following serving the aforementioned sentences, Normal Lawrence Dalwood was transferred to Weymouth, England on the 1st April 1919 and returned to Australia, embarking on the 12th May 1919.
A standard Light Horse Regiment pair (nominally), later a gunner of the Royal Australian Artillery, somewhat topical with three instances of court martialling, Medals well worn, Very Fine.