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NICHOLLS, James Murray Morish
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | V159777, VX18253 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 Nov 1939: | Involvement V159777 | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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