Edmond Nolan was working as a clerk for the Union steam Ship Co when he was called up for the 26th Reinforcements in December, 1916. He joined the Otago Infantry Regiemnt.
He was given the rank of temporary Sergeant just before the 1918 Armistice, (confirmed shortly after) which seems odd, as the Army would have been reducing it numbers in Europe as fast as possible. Perhaps the other sergeants, having served longer, were being sent home earlier. It is likely that Edmond participated in the following event, as noted in the Otagos' Official History:
In the triumphal march of Over-Seas Troops through the streets of London on May 3rd (1919) the Regiment was fully represented, and shared in the acclamations showered upon the Colonials by an enthusiastic populace. But a brief space of time elapsed and the last members of the Regiment had left the shores of England for New Zealand — and Home.
Edmond was discharged in February, 1920 and, presumably, went back to his old job.
ACCIDENTS
Through falling on some concrete at Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon, Edmond R. Nolan, an employee of the Union Steam Ship Company, received injuries to his head. -Evening Post, 3/6/1929.
PERSONAL.
The death occurred at Wellington yesterday of Mr Edmond P. W. Nolan, as the result of injuries to his head sustained when he fell down a bank at Athletic Park on June 1. The late Mr Nolan was born at Dunedin on June 12, 1895, and joined the Union Steam Ship Company at Dunedin in 1911. He enlisted for military service in February, 1917, and returned to the company’s service three years later. Since that time he has been in the trans-Pacific department of the company’s head office. The late Mr Nolan was very popular with his fellow-employees, and was a prominent figure in Hibernian circles. -Star, 14/6/1929.
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