DITCHBURN, Nicholas James
| Service Number: | 2633 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 18 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2633, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2633, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2633, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Nicholas Jas. M.Ditchburn-"Nobbo," to his many friends-reported missing after the Pozieres fight, is now oflicially recorded as killed in action. Pte. Ditchburn was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ditchburn, of Essex street, Yarraville, 32 years of age, and a native of Yarraville. He joined the 7th Battalion, C. Coy., in October, 1915, and saw the finish of the Gallipoli adventure. Thence he moved to France, and fell in the first charge on the historic 27th of July. Prior to enlistment, he worked at the North Melbourne Railway Shops, being attached to the break-down gang. His brother, Pte. Will, was badly "gassed" in the same fight as "Nobbo," and is making a slow recovery in England.
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