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NICHOLAS, Clarence Roy

Service Number:	5847
Enlisted:	17 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Piccadilly, South Australia, 24 January 1894
Home Town:	Piccadilly, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Crafers Primary School
Occupation:	Gardner
Died:	Died of Wounds (GSW to back - while P.O.W. of Germany), Hanover, Germany, 8 August 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Hamburg Cemetery, Germany Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Crafers WW1 Memorial, Summertown Cemetery Memorial Arch Gates, The South Australian National War Memorial, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 1, Uraidla War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5847, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5847, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
8 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5847, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5847 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-08-08

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Cemetery details: Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany