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Nicolas Archibald VIVIAN

Regimental number1062
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTinsmith
AddressRenmark, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.3
Height5' 7"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kate Vivian, Lane Street, North Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in School Cadets, and in 12th Engineers, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 1 February 1918
Discharge date24 May 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Married Florence E. VIVIAN, Shepherd's Bush, London (December 1917: exact date not recorded).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Balmoral Castle', 1 February 1918 (nervous debility); disembarked, 23 March 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 24 May 1918.

War service: 3 years 260 days (of which 3 years 155 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, VIVIAN Nicolas Archibald

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