NICOLSON, Robert Lawrie
| Service Number: | 1809 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunoon, Argyle, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 8 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row E, Grave 57 |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1809, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 1809, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 1809, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1809, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His next of kin was his sister, Jane Nicolson of Kirn, a village in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands on the west shore of the Firth of Clyde on the Cowal peninsula. It now forms part of the continuous habitation between Dunoon and Hunters Quay, where the Holy Loch joins the Firth of Clyde. It originally had its own pier and was a regular stop for the Clyde steamer services, bringing holidaymakers to the town, mostly from the Glasgow area.
He is one of 7 Australian Great War casualties honoured on the Dunoon War Memorial There are also three New Zealand casualties honoured on this memorial.
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