NICOLSON, William
| Service Number: | 2868 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 September 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France Grave I. A. 26. INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED BY FATHER AND MOTHER |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2868, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2868, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2868, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2868 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of Roderick and Annie Nicolson, of 21, Racrinish, Lewis, Scotland.
He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Lochs District War Memorial. The Lochs District is on the Isle of Lewis.
There are four parishes: Barvas (Barabhas), Lochs (Na Lochan), Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh), and Uig on which the original civil registration districts were based. The district of Carloway (after the village of that name) which hitherto had fallen partly within the parishes of Lochs and Uig, became a separate civil registration district in 1859.
The districts of Lewis are Ness (Nis), Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Back, Lochs (Na Lochan), Park (A' Phàirc), Point (An Rubha), Stornoway, and Uig. These designations are traditional and in use by the entire population.
For civil registration purposes Lochs (Na Lochan) is nowadays split into North Lochs (Na Lochan a Tuath) and South Lochs (Na Lochan a Deas).
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