NICOLL, Eric Kenneth
| Service Number: | 1714 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Artillery Militia 15A |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Poelcappelle, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1714, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Artillery Militia 15A | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1714, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1714, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1714, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1714 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-11 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 11th October 1917, Gunner Eric Kenneth Nicoll, 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-1714), labourer from 175 King Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was Killed in Action when an enemy artillery shell exploded a munitions dump, Battle of Poelcappelle, age 19.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 7th November 1897 to John Hay (munitions worker in England, 1917 to 1919, died 23.12.1926, Stockton, N.S.W., age 61), from 8 Forfar Street, Stockton, New South Wales, and Annie Bella Nicoll (possibly died 1948? as McCorquodale?, was living at the corner of Hunter & Wolfe Streets, Newcastle, N.S.W. 1923), Eric enlisted on the 26th July 1915 with the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Admitted to hospital 16.3.1916 (measles, mild), 15.1.1917 (scabies).
Mr. Nicoll’s name has also been inscribed on the 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour and the Gardner Memorial.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone for father John to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Eric’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. PRESBYTERIAN-6NW. 37.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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