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Nicholas John TRAVERS

Regimental number6409
Place of birthGilgandra, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressOrange Grove, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.6
Height5' 5.25"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, N Travers, Orange Grove, Gilgandra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 31 January 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date18 May 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5745 Pte Ambrose Leslie George TRAVERS, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 3 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Osterley', 31 January 1918; discharged (medically unfit: shrapnel wound, head), Sydney, 18 May 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death29 October 1922
Age at death35
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 9, 670), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, TRAVERS Nicholas John

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