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Alfred Nicklin

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 16), Page: 9 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 16), Page: 9 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicklin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/1765 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A. Nicklin (father), Putaruru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/1765 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Picture framer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Alfred Nicklin was the son of Agnes Nicklin, of Walsall England, and the late Alfred Nicklin.

      Next of Kin: Mr E. Nicklin, Putaruru, Rotorua Line (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
    • Alfred Nicklin was the son of the late Agnes Nicklin, of Walsall England, and Alfred Nicklin of Potaruru. Alfred(father) is noted as next of kin on his attestation papers therefore alive at that time. he died in 1920. Public - jeannette - Researcher - 25 October 2021 - process of deduction from records available.
    • Roll of Honour
      NICKLIN —On October 4, killed in France, Alfred Nicklin, of Putaruru (Ninth Reinforcements), third son of Alfred and the late Agness Nicklin, of Walsall, England; aged 31 years. Public - jeannette - Researcher - 25 October 2021 - Paperspast
      NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LIV, ISSUE 16690, 7 NOVEMBER 1917, PAGE 1
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Death

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  • Death
    5 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Alfred Nicklin born 1886 was one of 4 brothers from Walsall, England. Three of them Alfred, Edgar and Leonard all emigrated to New Zealand with Harold remaining in England.
    Edgar born 1879 was in the 19th reinforcements of the New Zealand Army and survived the war, he died in 1967.
    Leonard born 1892 was a driver for the Field Artillery in the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force and survived the war, he died in 1982.
    Harold born 1889 was in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and died on the 6 September 1917 during the battle of Paschendaele in Belgium, he is remembered on the Tyne Cot memorial.
    Public - John - Direct descendant - 1 August 2017
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  • Walall and South Staff Chronicle October 27th 1917 included info on all 4 brothers (Alfred being 'Fred' Nicklin), which school and Tech college in Walsall they attended. Also photos of all 4 men. States KIA 4th September?
    Public - Richard - Researcher - 22 June 2017
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 October 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 October 2021jeannetteAucklandResearcher
01 August 2017JohnNew Milton, EnglandDirect descendant
22 June 2017Richard CANNOCK near Walsall, EnglandResearcher

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