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Francis Johnson Nicholson

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Johnson AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicholson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Francis Johnson Nicolson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 53803 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
    William Nicholson (father), Maitland, Southland, 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 53803 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 Dredge hand/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
  • POW serial number

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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  • Francis Nicolson was the son of William and Margaret Nicolson. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Le Cateau, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM I. F. 8. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Frank was my father's mother's brother (maternal uncle). The Nicolson is spelt without an h. The family travelled to New Zealand from the Shetland Islands and settled just outside Gore. Frank worked as a dredge hand with his father. Frank's name is on a local memorial at Willobwbank just out of Gore between Gore and Maitalnd. We still live locally as do two of his neices who are now 93 and 81!
    Public - Bronwyn - Direct descendant - 4 May 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      68: 11 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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16 September 2022NormHavelock North NZResearcher
04 May 2016BronwynNew ZealandDirect descendant

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