| Regimental number | 11099 |
| Place of birth | Glenelg, South Australia |
| School | Moonta and Broken Hill School |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Horse driver |
| Address | Wilmott Street, Glanville, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 29 |
| Height | 5' 5.75" |
| Weight | 137 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M.J. Bird, same address |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | S.T25.16.3C25 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Fate | Died of disease |
| Place of death or wounding | Monte Video, Weymouth England |
| Age at death | 31.9 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
| Place of burial | Melcombe Regis Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 3039), Dorset, England |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 14 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of William Henry NETTLE, and his wife, Mary Jane BIRD, Willmot Street, Clanville, South Australia |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 9 June 1916; disembarked Southampton, England, 24 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 November 1916. Admitted to Divisional Rest Station, 11 December 1916 (mumps); transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 12 December 1916; discharged, 1 January 1917; rejoined 25th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, 2 January 1917. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 106th Howitzer Battery, 8 July 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 7 October 1917; rejoined unit, 20 October 1917. Admitted to No 3 Australian Field Ambulance, 13 November 1917 (pyrexia of unknown origin); transferred to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 13 November 1917; to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 14 November 1917 (trench fever); to England, 19 November 1917; to Shorncliffe Military Hospital, 19 November 1917; discharged to furlough, 21 December 1917, and to report to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 4 January 1918. Admitted to Isolation Camp, 15 January 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 23 January 1918, and marched into No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 9 days. Marched into Overseas Training Bde, Longbridge Deverill, 7 May 1918. Marched into Reserve Bde Australian Artillery, Heytesbury, 24 May 1918. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 28 May 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 9 June; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 13 days. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 9 June 1918 (pneumonia); transferred to Delhi Military Hospital, Tidworth, 15 June 1918 (pneumonia, severely ill); to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 20 September 1918, and classified 'C2'. Admitted to Monte Video Hospital, Weymouth, 17 October 1918. Died, Monte Video Hospital, 22 October 1918 (pneumonia). Buried, Melcombe Regis Cemetery, Weymouth, 24 October 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, NETTLE Matthew Charles Percival |
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