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NICHOLAS, Percival Dixon

Service Number:	264
Enlisted:	2 September 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, October 1892
Home Town:	Latrobe, Latrobe, Tasmania
Schooling:	Church of England Grammar School, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor/Mining Engineer
Died:	Killed In Action, Pozieres, France , 25 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Latrobe War Memorial, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 264, 12th Infantry Battalion
12 Sep 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 264, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 264, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
4 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement Captain, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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