Allan Ferguson NICHOLSON

NICHOLSON, Allan Ferguson

Service Number: 3437
Enlisted: 26 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Huddersfield, England, 15 December 1892
Home Town: Capella, Central Highlands, Queensland
Schooling: Beaumont College, Berkshire, England
Occupation: Station overseer
Died: Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 25 September 1939, aged 46 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Location: Columbarium 12, Section: Section 7
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3437, Brisbane, Queensland
22 Oct 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, Private Nicholson removed during embarking due to measles
24 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Brisbane, Queensland
4 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
4 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
16 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 15th Infantry Battalion, Appointment terminated

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

After the death of Lieutenant Allan Ferguson Nicholson, his widow contacted the Base Records Officer in Canberra with regards to paper work that she had found entitling Lieutenant Nicholson to the military awards of the Military Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

Lieutenant Nicholson served very little, if any time in the field and was never awarded the above two military awards. The memorial plaque of Lieutenant Allan F. Nicholson at the Mt. Thompson Memorial Gardens (www.heavenaddress.com) is inscribed with these two awards that he never earned.

 

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