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NICHOLLS, Geoffrey John Minchin

Service Numbers:	TX1006, Tx1006
Enlisted:	4 March 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 8 February 1911
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Possibly war service related, noting he died in the Repatriation Hospital, Hobart. , Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14 March 1950, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
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World War 2 Service

4 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX1006, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1940:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, He was serving in the 71st Infantry Battalion.
4 May 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Tx1006, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, From Sydney to Scotland, disembarked on 17 June 1940.
30 Jan 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, TX1006, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, From Scotland to the Middle East, disembarked on 10 March 1941.
2 Oct 1941:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, Acting Rank.
23 Jul 1942:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX1006, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Fractured elbow.
24 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX1006, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, From Middle East to Sydney, disembarked on 28 February 1943.
9 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX1006, 2nd/9th Divisional Carrier Company, From Cairns to Milne Bay' disembarked on 11 August 1943.
26 Aug 1943:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, For service in the Middle East - 1 May 1942 to 22 October 1942.
25 Feb 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Tx1006, 2nd/9th Divisional Carrier Company, From New Guinea to Brisbane, disembarked on 4 March 1944.
7 May 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, TX1006, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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