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Frank Harold NICHOLAS

Regimental number3111
Place of birthHawthorn Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMining engineer
AddressGaynor Park Road, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, F G Nicholas, Deloraine, Dandenong Road, Armadale, Victoria
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Divisional Signal Company
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Distinguished Conduct Medal


'Valuable services as Co.runner & devotion to duty at Pozieres.'
Not awarded; Military Medal awarded.
Recommendation date: 1 August 1916

Medal of St George 4th Class


'Conspicuous bravery in performing valuable services as Company runner.'
Recommendation date: 23 August 1916

FateDischarged 23 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917

Date of death20 June 1945

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