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Nesbitt Vivian OLLIS

Regimental number295
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJournalist
Address38 Park Road, Marrickville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth M Ollis, 38 Park Road, Marrickville, New South Wales
Previous military service13th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 14, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 23 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rev. John Poole and Elizabeth M. OLLIS, 38 Park Road, Marrickville, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales

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