NICOLL, William Hamilton
| Service Number: | 954 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 15, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 954, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 954, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
· Obituary notices.
JOURNALIST KILLED.
Private W. Hamilton Nicoll, of the Australian Contingent, a son of Mr John M. Nicoll, 7 Paradise Road, Dundee, has been killed at the Dardanelles.
Dundee Journalist’s Death.
Mr John M. Nicoll, 7 Paradise Road, of the firm of Messrs George Girdwood & Company, stationers, has received the sad intelligence of the death in action of his son Private William Hamilton Nicoll, of the 12th Battalion Australian Expeditionary Force. Private Nicoll, who was 33 years of age, was a journalist on the special staff of the Perth (Australia) “Truth” when war broke out, and, fired by the call for volunteers, he at once enlisted in the 12thBattalion. He spent six months in Egypt undergoing training, and then proceeded to the Gallipoli Peninsula, in which he was killed. He had been nine years in Australia, and was highly esteemed in the town of his adoption, in the affairs of which, as befitted a member of his profession, he took a keen interest. Before emigrating, he was well known in Dundee athletic circles and attained a considerable reputation at the Gymnasium as a long leaper and high jumper.
Dundee People’s Journal 19th June 1915
DUNDEE AUSTRALIAN KILLED AT DARDANELLES.
Mr and Mrs John M. Nicoll, 7 Paradise Road, Dundee, last night received official notification that their son Private William Hamilton Nicoll, of the 12thBattalion Australian Expeditionary Force, had been killed in action at the Dardanelles on 10th inst.
Private Nicoll, who was 33 years of age, had been nine years in Australia, where he followed a journalistic career. He enlisted shortly after the war was declared. Previous to his departure for Australia he was employed in the stationery business in South Africa, to which country he emigrated shortly after peace was declared in the South African War.
Dundee Courier 17th June 1915
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of John M. Nicoll, 7 Seymour Place, Paradise Rd, Dundee. John worked for stationers, Messrs George Girdwood & Company. His son was in the stationery business in South Africa before settling in Australia.
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour
Date of enlistment: 28.08.1914
Place of enlistment: Blackboy Hill WA
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