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NICHOLSON, Fred Geeves

Service Number:	1552
Enlisted:	25 November 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, November 1894
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Leslie House School, Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 11 December 1916
Cemetery:	Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 6,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, South Arm Sandford Pictorial Honour Roll, South Arm Sandford Roll of Honour, St Martin's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1552, 12th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1552, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1552, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
15 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
11 Dec 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 1552, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1552 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-11

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Biography contributed

He was the son of Frederick William NICHOLSON & Martha GEEVES