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Leo Nolan
Royal Navy HMS Nigeria
from:Motherwell, Scotland
Leo Nolan was part of the first crew of the Nigeria in May 1940 and was still on the vessel when it was damaged in the Mediterranean in 1942 and went to Charleston South Carolina.
Leo joined the Kilmarnock in 1943.
Prior to the war he was on the Sheffield and Sussex and a ship called the Emerald from 1936-1938.
Leo was born in Motherwell Scotland and after the war immigrated to Australia.