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NICOL, Donald Brown
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2453 |
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Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wickham, Newcastle, NSW, 1898 |
Home Town: | Bulli, Wollongong, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Woonona Superior School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 15 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery IV C 9 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 56th Infantry Battalion, Show Ground Camp, Sydney, NSW | |
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30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2453, 56th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2453, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Archibald and Mary NICOL, "Ailsa Craig", Hopetown Street, Bulli, New South Wales
Acting-Corporal Donald Brown Nicol, aged 20, 1ied in Belgium on October 15 from wounds received the previous day in action. He was the second oldest son of Mrs. A. Nicol, Bulli, and prior to joining tho forces, was on the staff of the Bulli "Exchange."