Captain Frank Norton

Service Number: VX93431

Description

Charles Frank Prees Norton was born in New Zealand in 1916. Norton arrived in Australia with his family in 1917. He studied with Fred Leist between 1931 and 1936 and in London in 1939. He was appointed a Second World War official war artist with the RAN and the RAAF, and later appointed as official war artist in the Korean War. After the war he taught at the East Sydney Technical College between 1945 and 1958. He then became director of the Art Gallery of Western Australia between 1958 and 1976. As Director he concentrated mainly on building up the contemporary, Aboriginal and sculpture collections.

Details

First name/s
Frank
Last name
Norton
Service Number
VX93431
Final rank
Captain
Date of Birth
25/04/1916
Place of Birth
Date of Death
19/06/1983
Place of Death

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Timeline

25/04/1916
Date of birth
10/09/1943
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)
30/09/1945
Date of discharge
19/06/1983
Date of death

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