NICHOLAS, Bryon Fitzgerald
| Service Number: | 370 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Trafalgar, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Patricks College |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed In Action (Gsw Head & Chest - Sniper), Passchendaele, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gormandale East State School HR, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Trafalgar War Memorial, Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 370, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' |
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| 28 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 370, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Bryon Fitzgerald NICHOLAS was born in 1893 in Ballarat, Victoria
His parents were John Pern NICHOLAS and Mary Ellen McSHEEHY
He enlisted on 12th March, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the 13th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board the ship Persic on 28th May, 1915
Bryon was Killed in Action in the Field at Daisy Woods, Passchendaele, Belgium with wounds to his head & chest caused by a sniper on 9th October, 1917 - buried in grave 500 years north east of Broodseinde - He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded a Military Cross posthumously on 11th May 1917 for his actions on 17th March, 1917 against enemy positions on the Bapaune Ridge "At considerable personal risk he pushed out and dug in 2 standing patrols. During the enemy counter attack at night this officer handled one of his standing patrols so as to give valuable assistance to Lt. Fawcett in repelling the enemy attack", He was also awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal
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