Donald Tofft NICOLSON

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NICOLSON, Donald Tofft

Service Number:	428122
Enlisted:	29 December 1942, Hobart, Tas.
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Campbell Town, Tasmania, Australia, 4 January 1920
Home Town:	Campbell Town, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Home Schooling followed by Scotch College Launceston
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Flying Battle, Bay of Bengal, 2 May 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Town War Memorial, Singapore Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 428122
29 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 428122, Hobart, Tas.
Date unknown:	Involvement His last unit was RAAF seconded to RAF, 355 Squadron, India

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Robert and Florence Margaret Nicolson, of Campbelltown, Tasmania.

Memorial Dedicated
There was a large attendance at a service in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Campbell Town when an electric organ pump was dedicated by the Rev. A. Christie-Johnston. The pump is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Nicolson and family, Truelands. It was dedicated as a memorial to their son, F/Sgt. Donald Tofft Nicolson, who lost his life in action with the R.A.A.F. in the Second World War.

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