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NICHOLSON, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 542 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Train |
| Born: | Maidstone, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Abbotsford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 February 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Barmedman War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 542, 1st Divisional Train | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 542, 1st Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 542, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 10 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 542, 1st Divisional Train |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Nicholson served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 74 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Second service was as a Corporal S.N. 542 in the 1st Divisional Train, AIF WW1.
He was born in Maidstone, Victoria in 1877, a son to Donald and Ann Nicholson. In 1900 when he enlisted for the Boer War he was living/workin at Glengallon Station via Allora in Qld. In 1914 when he enlisted in WW1 he was working as a miner in NSW.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).