He sleeps not in his native land - But beneath Foreign skies
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NEILSON Cyril Cameron Arthur 3600
Rank: Private
Unit: 32nd Battalion
Born: Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs Rose Twining, c/- W. E. Stone, Petina, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted: 18th January 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust
Address at Date of Enlistment: Petina, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 12th August 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Ballarat"
Served in France
Date of Death: 30th July 1918, France
Memorialised: Villers-Bretonneux, France
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Area - Panel 121
Studio portrait of 2306 Private (Pte) Cyril Cameron Arthur Neilson, 9th Light Horse Regiment. A farmer from Petina, South Australia, prior to enlistment, and according to his service file "he was anxious to get to the front", so transferred to the 32nd Battalion in June 1916 with the service number 3600 and then embarked with the 8th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 12 August 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat for Devonport, England. Following training in England he proceeded to join his battalion on the Western Front near Dernancourt, France. Pte Neilson was killed in action near Mont St Quentin, France, on 30 July 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. He was aged 20 years.
Photo: Have Paws will travel!
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The Advertiser 13th September 1918
NEILSON - Killed in action, July 30, No. 3600, Private Cyril C.A. Neilson, 32nd Battalion, beloved son of Rose Twining, aged 20 years 9 months He was a typical Australian lad, True-hearted, dauntless, and brave, For King and country and freedom's cause His noble, young life he gave. Far away somewhere in France 'Midst the booming of shot and shell, Wrapt in a blanket, comrades laid him to rest, Our soldier boy, whom we loved so well. |
NEWBON Charles Arthur William Francis 3685
Rank: Private
Unit: 43rd Battalion
Born: 26th September 1889, St Kilda, Victoria
Next of Kin: Father - George Newbon, Perlubie, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted: 29th March 1917, Streaky Bay, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 16th July 1917 from Sydney, N.S.W. per HMAT "Port Melbourne"
Served in France
Returned to Australia 7th September 1919 per HT "Suevic"
Discharged: 6th December 1919
Died: 31st July 1956
Resting: Ardrossan, Sth Aust.
NEWBON Vincent 5138
Rank:Driver
Unit: 13th Field Company Engineers
Born: Huonville, Tasmania
Next of Kin: Wife - Mrs Pauline Newbon, 106 Young St.,Parkside, Sth Aust
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Carpenter
Enlisted: 15th March 1915, Keswick, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: 14 Louis St., Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 17th December 1915 from Sydney, N.S.W. per HMAT "Berrima"
Served in Egypt, France
Returned to Australia 31st May 1919 per HT "Suffolk"
Discharged: 12th September 1919
Died: 24th October 1986
Resting: Streaky Bay, Sth Aust
Photo: Gravesecrets at your Fingertips
NIEASS Alfred Leo 5417
Rank: Private
Unit: 27th Battalion Born: 21st September 1889, Hindmarsh, Sth Aust - Attestation states Brompton Son of Michael Nieass & Elizabeth nee Golding Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs Elizabeth Nieass, 2nd Strett, Brompton, Sth Aust. Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer Enlisted: 21st February 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust. Embarked for Overseas 11th April 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Aeneas" Returned to Australia 26th May 1918 per "Karoola" Discharged: 9th July 1918 - medically unfit Died: 9th August 1947 Resting: Broken Hill, N.S.W. |
The Advertiser 12th August 1947
NIEASS. —On August 10, at Broken Hill, Alfred Les (late of Brompton), loving brother of George, Stan, Will, Roy (dec.), and Albert. Aged 58 years.
NIEASS. —On August 10, at Broken Hill, Alfred Les (late of Brompton), loving brother of George, Stan, Will, Roy (dec.), and Albert. Aged 58 years.
NIEASS Roy Leslie 3375
Rank: Private
Unit: 2nd Light Horse
Born: 21st December 1894, Brompton, Sth Aust
Son of Michael Nieass & Elizabeth nee Golding.
Next of Kin: Father - Michael Nieass, 2nd street, Brompton, Sth Aust
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Farmer
Enlisted: 19th March 1917, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 19th June 1917 from Melbourne, Victoria per "Port Lincoln"
Returned to Australia 7th April 1919 per "Janus"
Discharged: 18th June 1919
Died: 18th April 1928, Brompton
Resting: West Terrace, Adelaide - Light Oval, Row 3N, C/E/W: E, Grave 9
Photo: Gravesecrets at your Fingertips
Chronicle (Adelaide, S.A.) 28-4-1928
NIEASS - On the 18th April, at Adelaide, Roy Leslie, late 9th Light Horse, A.I.F., beloved son of M. and E. Nieass, and brother of George, Stan, Leo, Will and Alb, in his 33rd year. A patient sufferer at Rest.
NIEASS - On the 18th April, at Adelaide, Roy Leslie, late 9th Light Horse, A.I.F., beloved son of M. and E. Nieass, and brother of George, Stan, Leo, Will and Alb, in his 33rd year. A patient sufferer at Rest.
NOLAN Daniel Thomas 2688
Rank: Private
Unit: 32nd Battalion
Born: West Adelaide, Sth Aust
Next of Kin: Father - Mr Daniel Thomas Nolan, Fifth Street, Bowden, Sth Aust.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Enlisted: 24th February 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Address at Date of Enlistment: Murat Bay, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 25th March 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Shropshire"
Served in France
Service Abroad: 3years 2 days
Returned to Australia 19th March 1919 per HT "Lancashire"
Discharged: 10th May 1919
Died: 23rd December 1933
NORGEN John Edward 9653
Rank: Driver
Unit: 11th Field Company Engineers
Born: 16th April 1894, Farina, Sth Aust
Son of John Edward Norgren & Elizabeth nee Hammond
Next of Kin: Mother - Mrs E. Norgren, c/- Mrs F. O'Loughlin, Wolfram St., Broken Hill, N.S.W.
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Residence prior to Enlistment: Fowlers Bay, Sth Aust
Enlisted: 22nd February 1916, Adelaide, Sth Aust.
Embarked for Overseas 31st May 1916 from Adelaide per HMAT "Suevic"
Died 13th July 1916 from Pneumonia on HT "Suevic" and buried at sea
Memorialised: Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Area - Panel 24
Photo: Commonwealth War Graves