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NISSEN, Charles Bertholdt
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2176 |
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Enlisted: | 19 April 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Overland, Heligoland, Denmark, 1878 |
Home Town: | Greenbushes, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sleeper Hewer |
Died: | Wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Sicilia, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain E. Teale officiated Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2176, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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6 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2176, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
6 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2176, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia via German New Guinea aged 30 years
Next of kin given as a friend Oliver J. Spencer of Greenbushes, WA later of Caron, Perenjorie, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Miss Geraldine Howlett of Subiaco, WA later of North Perth, WA