NICHOLLS, Harold Arthur
| Service Number: | 160 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 16 July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Professional Soldier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, 20 July 1952, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Tristania, Wall 4AA, Niche 144 |
| Memorials: | Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 160, Siege Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 160, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 160, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, France | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 160, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, GSW to right leg and hand. Evacuated to CCS. Rejoined unit 9 December 1917. | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Belgium | |
| 29 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Battery Sergeant Major, 160, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW to face in northern Belgium. Evacuated to CCS. Rejoined unit 2 May 1918. | |
| 6 Feb 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, France | |
| 6 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 160, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, RTA 22 November 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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Son of Thomas Henry Hodge NICHOLLS and Rhoda NICHOLLS nee McQUITTY, 65 Autumn Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Husband of Ethel Algenia NICHOLLS nee MARTIN
BRIG. SGT.-MAJOR H. A. NICHOLLS,
Writing from France to his mother, Mrs. T. H. Nicholls, "Loloma.'' Autumn-street, Geelong West, mentions that it will not be long before he is home again. He was expecting a trip to Ostend, Zeebrugge, Bruges and Ghent. He says the towns are getting into their pre-war stride, but lack of coal is a great handicap industrially. Lille and Roubaix are getting very fashionable now. With his wife and child, B.S.M. Nicholls expected to sail for Australia about the end of May. Mrs. T. H. Nicholls also received a letter from Ern. Welsh, 2nd Batt., Darrford, England. He expresses thanks for a pair of socks which were included in a parcel sent by the Geelong West Anzac Club.
NICHOLLS.—On July 20, at Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Harold Arthur Nicholls, late 2nd Siege Bde., 1st A.I.F., and C.M.F of 8 Swanston street, Queenscliff, dearly beloved husband of Ethel Algenia, dearly loved father of Herbert, Harold, Jack, Lorna (Mrs. A. Patching), Alan, Shirley (Mrs. K. Hastings), Mae, Jennifer and Dorothy, aged 64 years.—At rest.
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