Nigel Edward BATES

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BATES, Nigel Edward

Service Number:	NX207660
Enlisted:	13 July 1945
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bingara, New South Wales. Australia , 19 July 1926
Home Town:	Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter's Assistant
Died:	Accidently killed (motorcycle accident), Myambat Ammunition Depot, Myambat, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1946, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Muswellbrook General Cemetery, NSW Personal inscription: - "SOLDIER REST THY WARFARE O'ER". Burial reference: - Plot H, Row D, Grave 5.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX207660
13 Jul 1945:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX207660

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Walter Sidney Bates and Mary Margaret Julia Griece,( married 8th September 1920 in St John's Church, Bingara, New South Wales), of Manilla, New South Wales.

Court of Inquiry convened 16th Novomber 1946, at Myambat Military Base, concluded Private Bates died instantly, when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a stationary motor vehicle on the army base. Cause of death was a fractured skull, he was on duty at the time of death.

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