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James Ludwig Nicholls

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Born 1913 Sadly passed away 26th August 2006

James Ludwig Nicholls

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Ludwig AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicholls AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    2490 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
    Unknown AWMM C/o Cole baker, RD, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.V. Nicholls (mother), Arney Road, Swanson, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    2490 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Edna Jane AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 August 2006 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 August 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Your bravery and sacrifice will always be remembered and the freedom we have today is a tribute to your courage and determination to make the world a better place and we will never forget that.
    Public - lee Serena - Other Relative - 5 July 2015
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  • Love you Granddad, miss you loads and wish we had more time for the stories you told Lee and I at your bedside when you were in hospital. We talk of you often especially to your great grand children and are privileged to have had you as our Granddad.
    Public - Angela Jacqui - Other Relative - 15 May 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 134 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 August 2006 AWMM

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05 July 2015lee SerenanzOther Relative
15 May 2015Angela JacquiNew ZealandOther Relative

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