Lawrence NYE

NYE, Lawrence

Service Number: 545
Enlisted: 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: London, England, 1890
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sailor
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 545, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 545, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 545, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Residential address was Sailors Home, Sydney, NSW. Arrived in Australia on board the barque 'Northernham' on which he held the rank of Able Seaman

Next of kin given as his aunt Mrs William Gilleth  of 27 Bingham Road, Nottingham, England. Brother of F.W. Nye of Leicester, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal