James NICHOLSON

Regimental number18023
OccupationSalesman
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Nicholson, 18 Enfield Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 73 Opawa on 2 January 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 10 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDivisional Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 6), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and Lucy Nicholson, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 18