NIMON  J.W.

Given Names:  Joseph

               

Service Number:  55

Unit:  8th Battalion, G Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  21 Yrs   Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:   Lbs

Chest:  38 In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Surrey Hills

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Joseph Nimon

Asylum Reserve, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Benalla A24

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Runic     

Embarked:  7/11/1915                               

Disembarked:  21/12/1915

Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lance Corporal

Discharge Date:  4/3/1916                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Awarded

British War Medal:  3911

Victory Medal:  3917

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  Joseph NIMON                           

Mother:  Eleanor Louisa CAMPIGLI

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 26/11/1963                        

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 27/4/1915; gun shot wound, jaw

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary