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Edward Price Doreton NICHOLSON

Regimental number4558
Place of birthSt Helens, Tasmania
SchoolState School, St Helens, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressSt Helens, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Nicholson, St Helens, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23.4
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Garter Point Cemetery, Memorial 28), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
155
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parnets: Frederick and Ellen P.D. NICHOLSON, St. Helen's, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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