John William NICHOLLS

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NICHOLLS, John William

Service Number:	6126
Enlisted:	1 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers (Catholic) College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Porter SAR
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 3 May 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 14), Villers-Bretonneux, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, S.A. Railway Goods Dept. Mile End Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6126, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6126, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
3 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6126, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6126 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-03
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Tuesday 28 May 1918

PRIVATE J. W. NICHOLLS.

Mrs. J. W. Nicholls, of West terrace, Adelaide, has been notified that her husband (Private J. W. (Jack) Nicholls, of the 48th Battalion (late 27th. Battalion) was killed in action on May 3.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124547799

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Saturday 3 May 1919

HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR

NICHOLLS. —In loving memory of my dear husband, Private J. W. Nicholls, killed in action in France on May 3, 1918.

When I see the boys returning

My heart is filled with pain,

To think that you are not there, Jack,

And will never come home again.

—Inserted by his loving wife, Janet Nicholls.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5648365

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