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Orton NICHOLLS

Regimental number1586
Place of birthSurrey Hills, Victoria
SchoolState School (Brighton?), Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, R Nicholls, Brighton, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAnzac Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 3), Sailly-Sur-La-Lys, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Sarah NICHOLLS. Native of Victoria

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