Joshua Thomas NICHOLLS

Regimental number1789
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolMusk Creek State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlatelayer
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinBrother, Henry Stephen Nicholls, 34 Ada Street, Sth Fremantle, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingHeilly, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot II, Row 1, Grave No. 6), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Eliza May NICHOLLS. Native of ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal