Malcolm Ernest NASH

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NASH, Malcolm Ernest

Service Number:	5287
Enlisted:	22 May 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Depot Battalion
Born:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1890
Home Town:	Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of Illness (Peritonitis), Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24 July 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia West. 31E. North. 4318. (GRM/5*)., North Road Anglican Cemetery, Nailsworth, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Rose Park Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Unley U.A.O.D. Britannia Lodge No 32 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5287, 2nd Depot Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
24 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5287

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Biography

From the book Fallen Saints

Malcolm Ernest Nash of Parkside South Australia was born at Woolongong New South Wales in 1890. He attended St Peter's College for only the first two terms of 1911 and the Headmaster, Canon Girdlestone, recoded the reason for his brief attendance.

...came here for a short time before studying for holy orders.[i]

Immediately prior to enlisting in Adelaide on 22 May 1916 Malcolm was employed as a clerk and living at Parkside with his wife.

While in transit at B Company 2nd Depot Battalion, he attended the School of Musketry at Cheltenham in August and then throughout September attended NCO School. After successfully completing the course, he was appointed to the rank of provisional Sergeant and transferred across to A Company, Infantry Base Depot at the Mitcham Camp where in December his rank was confirmed.

On 1 July 1917, Sergeant Malcolm Ernest Nash by then in D Company became seriously ill and after being sent home to rest, died from Peritonitis on 24 July 1917; he was 27 years of age.

[i] Fisher, R W, - History Master and Archivist St Peter’s College

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