NANKERVIS, William Bernard
| Service Number: | 1762 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Long Gully, Vic., 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gravel Hill State School |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1762, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1762, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1762, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James and Bessie NANKERVIS, 4 Pratt Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
KILLED IN ACTION.
CORPORAL W. B. NANKERVIS.
Official notice has just been received that Corporal W. B .Nankervis, who was reported missing in August 1916, was killed in action at Pozieres on August 4, 1916. Corporal Nankervis was the second son of Mr. James Nankervis; formerly manager of the Ulster Co's. mine, now residing at Moonee Ponds. Prior to enlistment in September, 1915, he was employed by Mr. J. Warren, draper, of Hargreaves street. He served in Gallipoli, and after the evacuation was sent to France where he met his untimely end.
William aws associated with the Mackenzie street and Forst Street Methodist Sunday Schools from boyhood and received his education at the Gravel Hill State School.
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