Edwin Vivian NICHOLLS

Regimental number7048
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Geelong Road, Footscray, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFellmonger
AddressHamilton Street, West Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs. S. Nicholls, Hamilton Street, West Footscray, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of disease 18 February 1918
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 29), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Thomas and Sarah Jane NICHOLLS, Hamilton Street, West Footscray, Victoria. Native of Ballarat, Victoria