Nettleton, William

BORN CAMERTON, RYEHILL, HULL 1895. SON OF MR JOHN WILLIAM NETTLETON (1874-1936) & SARAH ELIZABETH FEWSON (1870-1900). HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA. WORKED AS A LABOURER, IN ADELAIDE. ENLISTED IN OAKLAND, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ON 06/01/1915, AGED 19. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 147 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, LIGHT BLUE EYES, AND BROWN HAIR. LEFT ADELAIDE, ON THE SS ‘AFRIC’ ON 26/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HOUSE. LANDED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 05/08/1915. EVACUATED ON 27/12/1915. TRAINED AS A SIGNALLER, AT HELIOPOLIS, FROM 08/01/1916. KILLED DURING THE WITHDRAWAL FROM ATAWEINAH, NEAR GAZA, ON 19/04/1917, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JOHN, IN ENGLAND. THEY INCLUDED A PAIR OF FIELD GLASSES IN A CASE, A PIR OF KNITTED MUFFLERS, A PAIR OF BLACK SUN GLASSES, A RAZOR, PIPE, DAMAGED WRIST WATCH, POST CARDS, PEN, MUSEUM GUIDE, AN EGYPTIAN MEDALLION CURIO, 4 BADGES, AND LETTERS. HIS BODY WAS RE-INTERRED AT GAZA MILITARY CEMETERY.