William Stephens NICHOLAS

Regimental number43584
OccupationSchool teacher
Next of kinFather, W Nicholas, Eddystone Street, Kaitangata, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1914
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XII, Row H, Grave No 11), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Jane Nicholas, Kaitangata, Otago
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 15

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