NICOL, Duncan McHutchin
| Service Number: | 1863 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1863, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1863, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Duncan McHutchison Nicol was born in Malvern, Vic, the son of Mr M. M. and Mrs Christine Nicol. He was a Telephone Mechanic, and had completed a two year apprenticeship with the Bendigo Electric Supply Company when he volunteered for service in April 1915. He was 25 years and 6 months old, 5’ 6”tall, with a dark complexion, blue eyes and black hair. He named his mother as next-ok-kin. Mrs Christine Nicol moved from Warrnambool to “Kelvin”, Horace St, Bendigo, in 1916. Duncan McHutchison Nicol enlisted as a single man, but he was actually married to Mrs Nessie Mary Nicol, who lived at 47 Mackay St., Essendon.
He entered the Depot at Broadmeadows on 13.4.15. On 18.6.15 he was appointed to the 8th Reinforcements for the 5th Battalion, and was transferred to the Signal School on 7.7.15. He was appointed to No 3 section, 3rd Division Signal Company, on 11.9.15, with Service No. 1863. He embarked for overseas on 10.11.15 and disembarked in Egypt.
On 2.3.16 he was transferred to the 5th Division Signal Company at Tel-el-Kebir. He was admitted to hospital on 10.3.16 suffering from Sciatica refraction. He was discharged from hospital on 29.3.16 and re-joined his unit on 18.4.16. On 25.4.16 he was transferred to the 4th Division Signal Company. In yet another move he joined the 25th Howitzer Brigade on 28.4.16 and was posted to the 113th Battery. On 10.5.16 he was transferred to Brigade Headquarters.
He embarked for France and disembarked at Marseilles. (25.6.16) On 15.7.16 he was attached to 5th Division Artillery Headquarters as a Signaller. He was admitted to hospital on 18.10.16 with Myalgia (i.e.muscle pain). On discharge from hospital he was transferred to Artillery Details as a Gunner (9.4.17) and moved to 13th Field Artillery Brigade (13.6.17). He was admitted to hospital on 5.9.17 with a condition NYD (Not Yet Diagnosed), and was discharged on 18.2.18. He re-joined his unit on 20.3.18.
On 22.10.18 he was admitted to hospital suffering from Trench Fever (severe) and invalided to England. He embarked for return to Australia in 2.1.19.
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honor, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone