NICOLL, John
| Service Number: | 442 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Monikie, Dundee, Scotland., December 1885 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer, Railway Permanent Way |
| Died: | Killed In Action-, Gallipoli, Turkey, 10 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 442, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 442, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 442, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
Monikie-Monikie is a village and civil parish in Angus, Scotland, north-east of Dundee.
Date of enlistment: 22.08.1914
Place of enlistment: Kensington, NSW.
Sibling:
Thomas Nicoll
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Nicoll was born about December 1885 in Dundee, Shropshire, Scotland. At the time of his enlistment, soon after the outbreak of the war, on 25th August 1914, his parents were dead. Hee nominated his eldest brother, Thomas, as his next of kin. Thomas at first lived at Yanco, then Marrickville and later Warnervale.
The 4th Battalion landed on Gallipoli on Anzac Day, 25th April.
He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 10th May 1915 and buried at the Beach Cemetery, at the southern point of Anzac Cove.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.