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James NICOLL

Regimental number6367
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
SchoolButterburn Public School, Dundee, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia38
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressWolsley Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Jean Nicoll, Wolsley Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 10 years in the Black Watch Regiment, British Army, including time in the South African War, holding two medals with seven bars.
Enlistment date31 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row A, Grave No. 3), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
105
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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