Regimental number | 149 |
Place of birth | Home Park Magill, South Australia |
School | Magill Public, Norwood High |
Religion | Protestant |
Occupation | Carpenter |
Address | Prosser Avenue, Norwood, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Emily Nation, Prosser Avenue, Norwood, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row N, Grave No. 3), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 24 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel and Emily NATION. Native of Home Park, Magill, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 4541 Pte Clifford Storry NATION, 10th Bn, killed in action, 6 May 1917; 3246A Pte Eric Cyril NATION, 50th Bn, killed in action, 10 June 1917; also three cousins from SA. |