NICOLSON, John
| Service Number: | 2183 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ollach, Braes Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Portree School, Isle of Skye, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC His grave was lost but he is commemorated by Special Memorial C. 123 with the inscription: THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT , Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2183, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2183, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2183 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was from the Braes district of the Isle of Skye, Scotland and he is honoured on the Portree war memorial there [UKNIWM Ref no. 5902 ] It is a mercat cross * style memorial constructed of freestone with a grey granite column crowned with a lion, and grey granite panels bearing the commemoration and names of the dead set into the faces of the monument.
· A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. It therefore served a secular purpose as a symbol of authority, and was an indication of a burgh's relative prosperity. Historically, the term dates from the period before 1707 when Scotland was an independent kingdom, but it has been applied loosely to later structures built in the traditional architectural style of crosses or structures fulfilling the function of marking a settlement's focal point. Historical documents often refer simply to "the cross" of whichever town or village is mentioned.
He was killed in action between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915.
His grave was lost but he is commemorated by Special Memorial C. 123 with the inscription:
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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