John NIGRO

NIGRO, John

    Service Number: 3361
    Enlisted: 2 June 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, 1889
    Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
    Schooling: Charters Towers Grammar School
    Occupation: Locomotive Engine Driver
    Died: Died of wounds, Albert, France, 9 September 1918
    Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot V111, Row E, Grave 21, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3361, Brisbane, Queensland
    14 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3361, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    14 Jun 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3361, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    6 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3361, 42nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (right arm, neck and lung)
    9 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3361, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3361 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-09

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Angelo Raffaele (Pasquale) Nigro and Ellen Josephine Nigro of Mallon Street, Bowen Hills, QLD

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Kennedy Regiment, Citizen Military Forces at Charters Towers for 8 years

     

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