8th Battalion
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Gladstone Nicholson was born in Ballarat and was a Labourer by trade when he enlisted in the 8th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement on 26 June 1916 at the age of 24. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 11 September 1916. In August 1918 he was wounded (gassed) and invalided to England where he saw out the final months of the war. He returned to Australia on the Konig Frederick August, disembarking on August 6th 1919.
Tree No. 2463
