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Alfred Henry NURSE

Regimental number3205
Date of birth23 October 1893
Place of birthHenley Park, South Australia
SchoolThebarton Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressElizabeth Street, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jemima Emma Conroy, Elizabeth Street, Mile End, South Australia
Enlistment date1 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll43rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 6 September 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 34319 Gunner Charles Howard NURSE, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action 2 March 1918; 6555 Pte Arthur Ronald NURSE, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 December 1918.
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Gassed, Villers-Bretonneux, 26 May 1918; invalided to 1st General Hospital, Abbeville, France; recovered. Arrived back in Australia, 23 October 1919.

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