'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in charge of Stokes mortars in the defence of a captured village one of his two guns was destroyed, so he handed the other on to his corporal and joined the company, which was in the village. Here he displayed magnificent gallantry and the utmost fearlessness in assisting the company commander, personally leading a bombing party against an enemy counter-attack, and accounting for six of the enemy himself in the desperate hand-to-hand fighting which ensued. His prompt action and fine leadership saved the situation.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 9 January 1918

Regimental number	10/2499
Date of birth	27 October 1894
Place of birth	Wellington
Religion	Baptist
Occupation	Painter
Address	Lower Hutt, Wellington
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	20
Height	5' 7.5"
Weight	150 lbs
Next of kin	Father, W Nicol, Melling, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Previous military service	5th (Wellington Rifles) Regiment, Territorial Force; College Rifles (Senior Cadets)
Enlistment date	16 March 1915
Place of enlistment	Wellington
Rank on embarkation	Sergeant
Enlistment status	Volunteer
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rank	Captain
Final unit	2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment, attached to Dunsterforce
Fate	Killed in Action 5 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records	23
Place of burial	No known grave
Commemoration details	Tehran Memorial (Panel 5, Column Central), Persia
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: William and Eva M. Nicol, Belmont, Wellington
Medals	Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in charge of Stokes mortars in the defence of a captured village one of his two guns was destroyed, so he handed the other on to his corporal and joined the company, which was in the village. Here he displayed magnificent gallantry and the utmost fearlessness in assisting the company commander, personally leading a bombing party against an enemy counter-attack, and accounting for six of the enemy himself in the desperate hand-to-hand fighting which ensued. His prompt action and fine leadership saved the situation.' Source: 'London Gazette' Date: 9 January 1918
Other details	War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, Mesopotamia, Persia Attached to Dunsterforce 1918. Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous details	Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Sixth