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Private ALEXANDER NICHOLSON

Service Number: 5166
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

IV. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Donald and Flora Nicholson, of Jamadup, Western Australia. Native of Powlett River, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL SLEEP BUT NOT FOR EVER THERE WILL BE A GLORIOUS DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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