Norman Myer
{{Short description|Australian businessman (1897–1956)}}
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| birth_name = Nahum Moshe Baevski
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| birth_place = Tatarsk, Russia
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| death_place = Toorak, Victoria, Australia
| nationality = Australian
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| education = Wesley College
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| rank = Lieutenant
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Sir Norman Myer (25 May 1897 – 17 December 1956) was an Australian businessman best known for his role in the development of the Myer department store.
Early life
Myer was born Nahum Moshe Baevski in 1897 in Tatarsk Smolensk, Russia.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Dunstan |first= David |year= 2000 |volume= 15 |id2=myer-sir-norman-11216 |title= Myer, Sir Norman (1897–1956) |accessdate= 29 April 2015 }} He studied at Ashwick School (run by C. H. Nash){{cite book |last1=Paproth |first1=Darrell |title=Failure is Not Final: A Life of C. H. Nash |date=1997 |publisher=Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity |page=83}} and Wesley College. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1916 and served on the Western Front from August 1917 as a driver with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column. He became a lieutenant in April 1919.
Honours
Myer was made a knight bachelor in May 1956 for services to philanthropy in Victoria.{{London Gazette |issue=40787 |date=31 May 1956 |page=3100 |supp=y }}{{cite web |title=Mr Norman MYER |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083567 |website=Australian Honours |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|date=31 May 1956 |access-date=23 March 2022}}
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Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Australia
Category:Australian people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Category:Australian Knights Bachelor
Category:20th-century Australian businesspeople
Category:People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)