NICHOLLS, Richard Edwin
| Service Number: | 2761 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 18 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot XI, Row C, Grave 1 (originally in Chalk Pits Cemetery in 1920 he was exhumed and re-interred in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery), Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shepparton & District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2761, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 18 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, taken on strength, from reinforcements | |
| 26 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 46th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Shell wound (neck and side) |
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MEDALS FOR BRAVERY
Medals awarded to this young soldier for bravery were received by his mother from the Governor-General recently at a parade at the Domain Camp, Melbourne. Enlisting in 1916 Private Nicholls won the Military Medal on April 5, 1918, for volunteering to carry a despatch mesage on foot under heavy shell fire. He was awarded the D.C.M. on August 8. 1918 for capturing an enemy machine gun post, in the company of an officer, and taking prisoners. Ten days afterwards he died of wounds received in the front trench. He was the son of Mrs T. Riley of Euroa, and was 19 years of age at the time of his death, after two years' service at the front.
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