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Soldier profiles
Name : NICOLSON, IAN DONALD
Service Number : VX16497
Date of Birth : 19/12/1903
Place of Birth : COROWA, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : GRAZIER
Date of Enlistment : 23/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : COROWA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : NICOLSON, IDA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 5 PLATOON B COMPANY (SYRIA), CANTEEN OFFICER (BICYCLE CAMP, JAVA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : FORT MERDJAYOUN (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/12/1945
Date Died : 05/09/1982
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : BICYCLE (JAVA), THAILAND
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0066 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6203933 [DIGITISED], Barcode 1033544 [CLOSED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01521.001.jpg, Past article (size 214kB), Past article (size 216kB), Past article (size 346kB), Sydney Morning Herald 06/09/1982
Background : NO
