Edgar John NICHOLLS MM

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Service Number:	350
Enlisted:	19 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilmot, Tasmania, Australia, October 1892
Home Town:	Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 350, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 350, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 350, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
22 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
5 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 12th Infantry Battalion
5 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
5 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", A Proyart, near Lihons 23-26 August 1918m Sgt Nichols was acting CSM did valauble work and cleared a tramway on patrol.
11 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 350, 12th Infantry Battalion

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