NELL T.E.O.

Given Names:  Theodore Ernest Oscar

Service Number:  6982

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, Ammunition Column                                                          

Rank:  Bombardier                                                                                                          

Paybook Number: 

Age:  22 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Clerk                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  144 Lbs

Chest:  36-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Emma Nell

54 Charles Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Runic     

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  2nd Division Artillery                                                                                                            

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  1/8/1918                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  2140

British War Medal:  27524

Victory Medal:  27389

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  28/4/1893

Place:  Brighton, Victoria                         

Father:  Frederick Augustus NELL           

Mother:  Emma HIGGINS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Rosa TOMLINS

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/1/1958                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/10/1917; gun shot wound, head

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V14753                                       

Date Enlisted:  23/5/1941                                        

Date Discharged:  13/5/1945

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION