John Thomas NOLAN

Regimental number10/905
Date of birth31 March 1884
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
OccupationFarmer
AddressEastbourne Street, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30.5
Height5' 7.5"
Weight167 lbs
Next of kinJoseph Nolan, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Previous military service'H' Company, Morton Regiment (5 years)
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit9th Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 25 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 18 December 1914, of (1) being absent without leave from Tattoo Roll Call, 14 December 1914, until 0940 hours, 15 December; (2) drunkenness: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks forfeits 2 days' pay.

Returned to duty from being cook, Dardanelles, 13 May 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Alaunia', Dardanelles, date not stated; disembarked Alexandria, 13 August 1915 (gunshot wound, right thigh, right shoulder and lung); transferred to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 14 August 1915; to No.2 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 17 August 1915; to Emergency Camp, Zeitoun, 14 September 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Willochra', 25 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 30 October 1915; discharged, 29 June 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 316 days (of which 1 year 15 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death2 December 1918
Place of burialHastings Cemetery, Block E, Plot 328
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21380902

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