URQUHART, Nicol Hamilton
| Service Number: | 1428 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Gore Hill, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
| Died: | New South Wales, 29 May 1986, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Deniliquin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1428, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1428, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Urquhart and Margaret Martha Urquhart of 'Ahtram', Hanover Street, Gore Hill, NSW.
21 March 1915 - enlisted at Liverpool, NSW, with the 20th Battalion and with the rank of Private
26 July 1916 - wounded in action. Wound to the shoulder and evacuated to England aboard HS Aberdonian
Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HS Wiltshire disembarking on 31 December 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
4 April 1917 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
During 1917c Nicol married Elsie B. Parkinson in Chatswood, NSW