NICHOLS, Charles Henry
| Service Number: | 511 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1915, 5 years Scottish rifles, 12 mth with 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Forbes, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lambton Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | miner (Stockton Borehole Colliery) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Etineham, France, 20 August 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Heath Cemetery (Plot X, Row D, Grave No. 6), Harbonnieres, France, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle Lambton I.O.R. No. 73 John H Wise Tent Roll of Honor, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 511, 35th Infantry Battalion, 5 years Scottish rifles, 12 mth with 16th Infantry | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 511, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 511, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 511, 35th Infantry Battalion, GSW to thigh and jaw, slight | |
| 15 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
102 years ago today, on the 20th August 1918, Lance Sergeant Charles Henry Nichols, 35th Battalion (bomber), miner (Stockton Borehole Colliery), from "Caledonia", Morehead Street, Lambton, New South Wales, was Killed in Action, age 26 years, 11 months.
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1657958
Born at Forbes, New South Wales on the 30th August 1891 to Robert Corfield (died 1945 at Granville, N.S.W.) and Louisa Caroline (died 1937) - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133554671, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133547687) Nichols of Lorna Street, Waratah, New South Wales and Lambton Road, Waratah, N.S.W. and "Caledonia", 74 Platt Street, Waratah, N.S.W., Charles enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137101854
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137107497
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137095846
Wounded in action - 23.12.1916 (GSW thigh, jaw - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133749743, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133757475), LSgt Nichols is now resting at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. Plot X Row D Grave 6.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139441757
Charles’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Lambton Park Citizens' Memorial Gates, Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Lambton Rechabites (John Wise Tent) No. 73 Roll of Honour and the Lambton Rose of Australia Lodge G.U.O.O.F. Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 5th April 1916, whereabouts unknown). Name not inscribed on the Lambton Ladies Anzac Club Roll of Honor.
The headstone at the Nichol’s gravesite (only Louisa sleeping here) has been destroyed, therefore no memorial inscription to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of her son, so August 2018 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=24034#photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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