NOLAN, Maurice
| Service Numbers: | 2376, 2376A |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Biggenden, Queensland, Australia , 7 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Acute appendicitis, general peritonitis, and cardiac failure, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 August 1927, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld Monumental Roman Catholic Portion 1, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane. |
| Memorials: | Gayndah Ideraway State School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2376, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2376, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2376, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 15 Aug 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 2376A, 49th Infantry Battalion, 1st MD |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Australian World War One veteran ER Staff Sergeant Maurice Nolan (Service No. 2376A), is among almost 800 previously unmarked WWI veterans’ graves in Lutwyche Cemetery we have now marked with plaques in recognition of their service for Australia.
We unveiled his plaque in Lutwyche Cemetery on 16 May 2026, along with a further 185 plaques on the previously unmarked graves of Australian World War One veterans:
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Maurice Nolan was born on 7 September 1894 in Biggenden, Queensland, to Maurice Nolan and Mary Nolan, nee Collins.
Before enlistment, Maurice worked as a clerk and lived in Brisbane. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 31 December 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland. He was 21 years of age and single at the time of embarkation. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs Mary Nolan, of Ideraway, Gayndah, Queensland. Maurice embarked from Brisbane on 19 September 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Choon.
In October 1917 he was admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance in France suffering from trench feet, then transferred through the military medical system to hospital in England. He was admitted to the 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, later transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, and then to convalescent depots.
His health difficulties continued into 1918. In January he was admitted to hospital with a gastric ulcer, and in February 1918 he was again admitted, this time with gastritis. He was later transferred to the 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, before being discharged in June 1918 to No. 1 Convalescent Depot at Sutton Veny.
While still overseas after the war, Maurice married Marie Nolan in October 1919 at Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England.
Maurice and Marie returned to Australia aboard the troopship Wahehe, which departed England in March 1920. They disembarked in Sydney in May 1920 and Maurice was discharged from the AIF in August 1920.
He died in Brisbane on 26 August 1927, aged 32 years. His death certificate recorded his occupation as insurance agent, and his causes of death as acute appendicitis, general peritonitis, and cardiac failure. The following day, he was buried in Monumental Roman Catholic Portion 1, Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane.
An obituary published in the Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser on Saturday, 27 August 1927, reported the death of Maurice in Brisbane after a short illness. He was described as the eldest son of Mrs Mary Nolan and the late Mr Maurice W. Nolan. The notice also recorded that his wife had predeceased him the previous year, and that he was survived by three young children. His death certificate recorded that his orphaned children, Edward, Maurice and Pauline, were aged 4, 3, and 1.
After almost a century without recognition at his place of burial, his grave now bears a plaque commemorating his service to Australia — ensuring his name endures among those remembered for their duty and sacrifice.
His identity and dignity have now been restored.
We have remembered him.
Lest We Forget
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