Nolan Dyson WASTNEY

WASTNEY, Nolan Dyson

Service Number: 4005
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Wellington, New Zealand, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Nelson Boys College
Occupation: Rail Porter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

11 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4005, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4005, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney

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Biography

Nolan Dyson WASTNEY was born in 1895 in Wellington , New Zealand

His parents were Ernest & Lucy WASTNEY

He enlisted on 7th September 1915 with the 1st Battalion

Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Mooltan on 11th December 1915

He was killed in action on 9th April, 1917 in France - no known grave

Commemorated in the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux, France and also in the Nelson College Roll of Honour in New Zealand

He was awarded the British War Medal & Victory medal

 

Auckland Star - 7th May, 1917

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19170507.2.50 (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz)

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