Fernleigh Royston NICHOLLS

NICHOLLS, Fernleigh Royston

    Service Numbers: 5091, 5091/A
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Oxley, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1896
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: Rangeville, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 21 July 1917, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
    Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St Stephen's Church WWI Memorial Tablet, Toowoomba St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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    World War 1 Service

    4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 5091, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 5091, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
    21 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 5091/A, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5091/A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-21

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    Biography contributed by Karen Woods

    Marital Status: Single. Religion: Presbyterian

    Age at embarkation: 19 years

    Age at Death 20years 11 months

    Wounded at Messines Belguim. 

    Died of Wounds at 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station 

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Brother: Lt Bertram Nicholls, 9th Bn, returned to Australia 8th January 1919.

    Sister: Staff Nurse Ruby Nicholls, Australian Nursing Service, returned to Australia 2 July 1917

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