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William August NICHOLSON

Regimental number894
Place of birthAlexandra, Victoria
SchoolState School (Alexandra?), Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address77 Lennox Street, North Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs W Nicholson, 77 Lennox Street, North Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Wardford, England.
FateDied of disease 25 January 1919
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 4), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Olaf August and Amelia NICHOLSON; husband of Nellie Holding NICHOLSON, 4 Flevill Street, North Richmond, Victoria. Native of Alexandra, Victoria

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