Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

04/04/1916

Date of Discharge

09/10/1919

Place of Enlistment

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

01/12/1896

Place of Birth

Allambee, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Thomas Nurse (father), Wallan East, Victoria

Final Rank

Lieutenant

Final Unit

7 Field Artillery Brigade AIF

Nurse entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 12 March 1914 and graduated on 3 April 1916. He was appointed a Lieutenant the following day and embarked for England in May 1916 as a Lieutenant with the 29th Battery, 8th Field Artillery Brigade. He served in France and Belgium with the 7th Field Artillery Brigade through 1917 and was sent to Egypt in an administrative role in July 1918.  Nurse served with the Australian Staff Corps in World War 2 and retired from the army in 1951 with the rank of Brigadier. He died on 4 June 1981.

Description - height 6 feet 2 inches, weight 171 pounds, chest 36-39 inches, dark olive complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair, Church of England, scar on left thigh, vaccination marks.

Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Cricket Archive http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/601/601493/601493.html (viewed 8/7/2015)