Norman Leonard Boston.

Posted byPeter McHughPosted inPeople

Norman Boston was one of the first to attend the Victorian School of Forestry at Creswick in 1912 as nursery staff.

He was born in Daylesford and enlisted in the 59 Battalion AIF (#2578) in 1916, at a relatively senior age of 38 and 7 months.

He embarked on the Shropshire in September 1916 and served in France.

Norman returned to Australia in July 1919.

In 1928 he was listed in Victorian public service records as “staff foreman to assistant forester plantations” based at Macedon.

I believe Norman died in 1936.

Norman Boston (second from the left) with first intake of students in 1912
In 1910, six students began classes at the Victorian School of Forestry. Pictured on the steps of Tremearne House in 1912 are the graduates. From left to right: Walter Henry Horn, Reginald Graham Lindsay, Henry O. Felstead (Nursery superintendent), Norman L. Boston (Nursery staff), J. Sampson, A. Ken (Nursery staff), Arthur H. Warren. Source: University of Melbourne

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