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John Reginald NUNN

Place of birthWaterloo, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolGlen Innes Superior Public School; Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressCottsloe, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, A J Nunn, Cottsloe, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as a Corporal in the Coronation Cadets; as a 2nd Lt in the 14A Militia, Glen Innes, NSW; as a Lt in the 38th Kogarah Militia; as a Sergeant in the AN&MEF (Rabaul Expedition), 1914.
Enlistment date16 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name17th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMentioned in Despatches. Wounded at Gallipoli. Contracted illness in France. Died at Randwick Hospital, NSW.
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death9 April 1917
Age at death25
Place of burialWaverley Cemtery (Portion Methodist), New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
83
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of A.J. NUNN. Native of Waterloo, New South Wales. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, NSW.
Family/military connectionsCousin: Captain F.J. Medcalf DSO, 11th Bn; Captain John Aubrey NUNN MC, Pioneer Bn.

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