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Ernest Gilchrist NICHOLLS

Regimental number3172
Place of birthMerewether, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStovemaker
AddressMereweather, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Nicholls, Hutner Street, Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 25 September 1916. Posted to 36th Depot Bn and later to 8th Reinforcements, 56th Bn. Taken on strength, 56th Bn, 7 May 1917. Gassed, Passchendaele sector, Belgium, 24 October 1918. Promoted Corporal, 3 August 1918. Mortally wounded, 2 September 1918.
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death25
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block R, Plot II, Row V, Grave No. 1), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Discharge dateMerewether, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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