Niven NEYLAND

NEYLAND, Niven

    Service Numbers: 1133, 2192
    Enlisted: 9 February 1901
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Natte Yallock, Victoria, Australia, 1878
    Home Town: Ouyen, Mildura Shire, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1928, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ouyen Honour Roll
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    Boer War Service

    9 Feb 1901: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1133, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
    28 Mar 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1133, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

    World War 1 Service

    31 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 2192, 14th Infantry Battalion, Woomelang, Vic.
    17 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2192, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    17 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2192, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    8 Aug 1915: Imprisoned Captured during the failed 4th Brigade attack toward Hill 971.
    22 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, 2192, 14th Infantry Battalion, RTA 15 November 1918 and discharged as MU.

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Niven Neyland served in the Boer War with the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. He was with a party of about a dozen men of the 14th Battalion, led by Lieutenant Luscombe, who were captured by the Turks while trying to attack Hill 971 on the 8 August 1915. He was repatriated to Alexandria Egypt in November 1918 and returned to Australia the same month. He died Ballarat 1928.

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