Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Nightingale, George Albert

Born 1897 Strahan Tasmania the son of George Edward and Mary Nightingale (nee Garside) a carpenter he embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 11^th December 1916 at Flers when he was hit and mortally wounded by machine gun fire and fell into a shell hole. His body was not recovered and like others with no known grave he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Four Queenstown soldiers – left to right

Cpl Nightingale, Pte Albert Best, Pte Allison and Bugler W J Miller

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Tasmanian War Casualties, Honouring the past, building understanding.