NICOLL, Alaric McDonald
| Service Number: | 184 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 7 June 1882 |
| Home Town: | Beenleigh, Logan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Murdered, Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1905, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 184 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 184, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 184, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Alaric McDonald Nicoll enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as A. Nicoll, Beenleigh. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, p. 188, held by the Qld State Archives notes he directed part of his pay to his father Mr A. Nicoll, Beenleigh.
Alaric McDonald Nicoll was born on 7 Jun 1882 in Queensland, a son to Andrew Nicoll and Elizabeth Campbell Nicoll (nee McDonald). It appears the family originally resided in NSW near Richmond River where his elder brother, Andrew David Nicoll, was born in 1878.
On Alaric's return from the Boer War he worked as a Bushman and in 1905 he was working a selection near Beaudesert with two of his brothers, Andrew and Reginald. While working the selection on 26 Dec 1906 an arguement occured between Andrew and Alaric with a rifle held by Andrew discharging and fatally wounding Alaric. Andrew was subsequently convicted of the manslaughter of Alaric.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 513; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 188; Various newspaper articles in the links on his death).
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