NICHOLAS, Henrie Clarence
| Service Number: | 464 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Millbrook, Tasmania, Australia, October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Glenora, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Harrow on the Hill, London, England, Trinity College, Cambridge University (BA 1904) |
| Occupation: | Pastoralist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine, Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ellendale Roll of Honour, Gretna War Memorial, Jerusalem Memorial, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Tasmanian Club Honour Roll, Websters Limited Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 464, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 464, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 464, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 21 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 464, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 464 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-04 |
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LCpl Henrie Clarence NICHOLAS
He settled on property transferred by his father ('Meadow Bank', about 28,000 acres); Councillor of Hamilton Municipality and JP; and one of the first to volunteer. Left Australia on 21 October 1914. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and again in Egypt. He was offered a commission in the 12th Lancers (his brother's regiment). Papers containing his discharge, delayed, came to hand just before the threatened raid on the Suez Canal. He decided to remain in his original unit until the danger was over, and he was killed in the action which immediately followed - Meredith Ridge, Romani, Egypt. He suffered instantaneous death by a bullet in the forehead - Killed in Action 4 August 1916. Lest we forget
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