Edward Roy NICHOLSON

Regimental number24/2266
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Nicholson, Norsewood, Hawke's Bay
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 16 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row J, Grave No 39), Bois-Grenier, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Thornhill and Mary Nicholson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 7