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Nigel Travers KINGSMILL

Regimental number7399
Date of birth24 July 1890
Place of birthGunnedah, New South Wales
SchoolAlbury Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressOlive Street, Albury, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, J J Kingsmill, Olive Street, Albury, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentBombardier
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Battery 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 2nd Division Artillery
Promotion date: 15 July 1916

Lieutenant


Unit: 2nd Division Artillery
Promotion date: 1 December 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165 (24 October 1918).
Recommendation date: 6 March 1918

Military Cross


Recommendation date: 4 September 1918 and 3 February 1919"

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Albury branch, August 1907. Transferred to Benalla, Victoria, branch, September 1910 (ledger keeper); to Tallangatta branch, January 1911; to Albury branch, October 1911; to Adelaide branch, April 1914.
FateReturned to Australia 13 July 1919
Medals

Military Cross


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 216-17.

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