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Private WILLIAM NICOLSON

Service Number: 2868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

49th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

I. A. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Roderick and Annie Nicolson, of 21, Racrinish, Lewis, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED BY FATHER AND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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