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Samuel Lindsay NIXON

Regimental number6798
Place of birthOaklands, New South Wales
Other trainingPublic School, Oaklands, NSW
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressOaklands, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Nixon, Belmont, Oaklands, New South Wales
Enlistment date5 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 May 1918
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Elizabeth NIXON, "Ellerslie", Corswa, New South Wales. Native of Oaklands, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 2573 Cpl W.P.HOWES, 37th Bn.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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