James Murray Morish NICHOLLS MID

NICHOLLS, James Murray Morish

Service Numbers: V159777, VX18253
Enlisted: 23 November 1939, South Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Ordnance Field Park
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 2 May 1914
Home Town: Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, 23 October 1942, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Grave Ref: 4 A 1
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

23 Nov 1939: Involvement V159777
23 Nov 1939: Enlisted South Melbourne, VIC
28 May 1940: Enlisted Caulfield, VIC
23 Oct 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX18253, 2nd/10th Ordnance Field Park

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

James Murray Morish NICHOLLS was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 2nd May, 1914

His parents were Arthur NICHOLLS & Jane Eddy MORISH

He married Airini RUTHERFORD in St Peters Chapel, SA in 1935

He was Killed in Action in Egypt on 23rd October 1942 and is buried in the Hadra War Memorial Cemetery