NASH, Walter Horace
| Service Number: | 250 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Urana, NSW, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wandong War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 250, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 250, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 250, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 250 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
WALTER HORACE NASH who was killed in action at Pozieres on 31st July 1916 was the son of Mr. W. T. Nash of Brighton. He was born in 1881 and was at the School in 1896. On leaving School he went on the land and gained his experience under the late T. G. Millar (No. 656 on the School Roll), at Charleville, Queensland.
He was farming at Wandong for a while, but moved to Nar Nar Goon before he enlisted in January 1915. He sailed for Egypt on 8th May 1915, and was on the transport "Southland" when she was torpedoed. He had fever on Gallipoli, but remained there until the Evacuation, when he returned to Egypt and went with the Australians to France in March 1916.
He was killed instantaneously by a shell while in the trenches at Pozieres.
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