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NIXON, James Blackely
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 50118 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1918, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918 Enlisted Melbourne stated No fixed address NOK Amelia Nixon Iloilo Phillipines |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom , 9 January 1890 |
| Occupation: | Plantation Overseer |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50118, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp 14March 1918 Enlisted Melbourne stated No fixed address NOK Amelia Nixon Iloilo Phillipines | |
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| 21 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 50118, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Mar 1918: | Embarked Private, 50118, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 29 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Artillery Details , Allocated to Artillery Details Heytsbury from 5th Training Battalion UK | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Taken on Strength of Brigade HQ in the Field France | |
| 19 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Detached to AAPC France for duty | |
| 11 Mar 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Attached to 9th Field Battery for duty | |
| 28 Jun 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Reverts to rank of Private on marchout to Sutton Veny Camp Leave prior to embarkation to Australia | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Declared Illegally absent by AIF HQ London | |
| 4 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50118, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged by AIF HQ London by the means of Desertion Reviewed 20April 1920 AIF HQ 3 MD , discharged due to being illegally absent from 6 August 1919 to 20 July 1920 Gazette 108/20 |
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