Percival Frank NICHOLSON

Regimental number3106
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolState School, Essendon; Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address8l Clarinda Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, F Nicholson, 81 Clarinda Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed briefly before enlisting in the Citizen Military Forces, Essendon, Victoria.
Enlistment date28 June 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 Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1919
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLa Neuville British Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Emily NICHOLSON, 62 Richardson Street, Essendon, Victoria