John Nicholas

1879-1930

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37544

About

Born in New Zealand

10 August 1879
Parents

Mother

Mary Ellen Nicholas

Father

James Nicholas
Residence

Hometown

Reefton
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Militia
  • Volunteers
  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 50

    19 April 1930

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 78/0086275, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 35.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “John Nicholas (1879-1930)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/629