NYE, Eric Hans Orton
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Victoria, 17 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clergyman |
| Died: | 9 January 1968, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Acacia Garden 9 Bed 6 Rose 09 |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Methodist Church Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Aug 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Wesley Diamond Jubilee celebrations will bring to Broken Hill one of Victoria's outstanding speakers (Rev. Eric H. O. Nye), who will be the guest speaker at all the functions, except the final musical evening on November 16.
Mr. Nye has endeared himself to the people wherever he has been appointed. He serves in the church and has played a part in the nation's struggles. He is a returned chaplain from World War I, in which he served practically the whole period of that struggle.
Since that experience, his ministry has taken him to West Australia, where he was superintendent of the Fremantle Mission. So much was his service there appreciated that he was elected president of the Western Australian Methodist Conference in 1930.
Oh returning to Victoria, he began a ministry that took him to many important circuits as super-intendent. In that capacity he has had charge of Canterbury, Ivanhoe and Geelong, and is now superintendent minister at Hawthorn. His abilities in pulpit and administration were rewarded when his brethren elected him president of the Victorian' Conference in 1946 after he had served as secretary.
The Mayor of Broken Hill (Ald. W. Riddiford) will tender Mr. Nye a civic reception next Monday at 11 a.m.. Mr. Nye will arrive by plane on Saturday morning.
Barrier Miner Thursday 11 November 1948 page 5
Rev Eric Hans Orton Nye was born on the 18 May 1886 in Victoria. In 1915, Rev Nye and his wife moved to Narrogin Methodist Church. On 16 July 1916, he enlisted in the Australian Army as a chaplain and sailed to the United Kingdom and France on the HMAT Miltiades A28 on the 9 August 1916. He saw service in France on the Somme until his return to Australia on 13 March 1918.
On the night of the 16–17 of October 1917, he was responsible for the rescue of RMO Major NJ Bullen and was awarded the Military Cross. On his return to Western Australia, Eric continued his ministry in Bridgetown, Claremont, West Perth and Fremantle. In 1937, he returned to Victoria and continued in ministry until 1954.
Rev Eric Hans Orton Nye died on 9 January 1968.
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