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Samuel Lawson NAIL

Regimental number971
Place of birthCoonamble, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School Coonamble, Mudgee Grammar School.
Other trainingRegiment in Coonable
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBoring engineer
AddressCriterion Hotel, Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinSister, Miss B Nail, Merton, Dubbo, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name1st Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 May 1915
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 102), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel Lawson and Bertha Elizabeth NAIL
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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