NEILL, Nicholas Ernest
| Service Number: | 1379 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Sunday Creek, Broadford, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Master Sawmiller |
| Died: | Pneumonia, 4th Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, Scotland , 27 September 1918, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Glasgow Western Necropolis, Scotland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Elsternwick Great War Roll of Honor, Queenscliff Royal Australian Garrison Artillery Third Military District Honor Roll, Swan Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 1379, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jul 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 1379, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 1379, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1379 awm_unit: 18 Reinforcements 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-09-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Nicholas Ernest Neill was born at Sunday Creek, Broadford, Victoria on 7th September, 1888 to parents Abraham and Angelia Sophia Goldsworthy Neill (nee White).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 1st March, 1918 as a 29 year old, single, Soldier (according to information supplied by his father for the Roll of Honour - Nicholas was a Master Sawmiller) from Elsternwick, Victoria.
Gunner Nicholas Ernest Neill, Service number 1379, embarked from Sydney, NSW on RMS Orontes on 5th June, 1918 with the 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group (54th and 55th Batteries), Siege Artillery, 18th Reinforcements & disembarked at Liverpool, England on 11th August, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to H.A.T. Dept. (Heavy Artillery Training Depot) at Devonport, England on 12th August, 1918.
On 22nd September, 1918 Gunner Neill was admitted to 4th Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, Scotland with Influenza.
Gunner Nicholas Ernest Neill died at 10.30 am on 27th September, 1918 at 4th Scottish General Hospital, Stobhill, Glasgow, Scotland from Pneumonia.
He was buried in Western Necropolis Cemetery, Glasgow, Scotland where 10 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-western-necropolis.html
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