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John Howard NILSEN

Regimental number26181
Place of birthBeaconsfield, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBoilermaker
AddressDevonport West, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18.5
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Nilsen, Forbes Street, Devonport West, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and in the 91st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 February 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 24, Reinforcement 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/134/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death21.1
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andreas and Annie NILSEN, Devonport, Tasmania. Native of Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 3 November 1917 (gassed: slight).

Wounded in action (second occasion), 9 August 1918 (gun shot wound, abdomen).

Died of wounds, 20th Casualty Clearing Station, 10 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, NILSEN John Howard

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