John Nuel SWANN

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	7 May 1915, Sydney, New South Wales as part of 45th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, recruitment.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, 1872
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cheltenham Grammar School, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation:	Farming (Sheep).
Died:	Killed In Action (Battle of Messines Ridge), Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot VI. Row C. Grave 30. Personal Inscription: - "HE DIED FOR FREEDOM".
Memorials:

7 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Sydney, New South Wales as part of 45th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement, recruitment.
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-06-07
7 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Killed in action, Belgium.

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Births Mar 1872 SWANN John Nuel Cheltenham 6a 447

He was 45 and the son John and Celia Swann; husband of Helen G. Swann, of 32, Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Bristol, England.

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