Background
He was born at sea en route to Melbourne to surgeon Andrew Nash and Margaret Brady.
He was born at sea en route to Melbourne to surgeon Andrew Nash and Margaret Brady.
He was educated at Street Patrick"s College and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
He practiced at Wallsend and later at Lambton, also serving as honorary surgeon at Royal Newcastle Hospital and Wallsend Hospital. He served during World War I with the Australian Army Medical Corps from 1914 to 1916, during which time he became an honorary lieutenant colonel. In 1900 he had been appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death in Sydney in 1925.
He was a member of the 4th Regiment Volunteer Infantry, becoming a captain in 1886 and a major in 1896.