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Norman Winning

Norman Isaac Winning
Nickname(s)Red Steer
Born(1906-05-27)27 May 1906
Died3 December 1950(1950-12-03) (aged 43)
Subang, Java
Buried
Subang, Java
6°33′27″S 107°45′28″E / 6.55750°S 107.75778°E / -6.55750; 107.75778
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Years of service1940–1945
RankMajor
Unit2/8th Commando Squadron
Battles / wars
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Spouse(s)Georgie Nell Morris Taylor
RelationsIsaac Winning (father); Eliza Clark Greenlees (mother)
Other workPlanter (Java), owned by Pamanoekan en Tjiasemlanden

Norman Isaac Winning, MBE (27 May 1906 – 2/3 December 1950) was a British-Australian soldier best known for leading the Salamaua Raid during World War II. He migrated to Java as a young man to work on a plantation. After the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the Australian forces in 1940 and fought against the Japanese in the New Guinea and Bougainville campaigns. After the war, he returned to Java, where he continued to manage one of the plantations. He was murdered there by anti-European rebels in 1950.


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