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Leonard NICOLL

Regimental number3437
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic) College, Waverley, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address'Myra', Fig Tree Avenue, Randwick, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Leonard Nicoll, 'Myra', Fig Tree Avenue, Randwick, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Woollahra Senior Cadets and as a commissioned officer in the 36th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date6 December 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3437A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded three times before being killed.
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death25.10
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Leonard and Mary NICOLL, Fig Tree Avenue, Randwick, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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