| Regimental number | 9/1593 |
| Address | Whitaker Street, Gisborne |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Sister, Miss A Nicolas, Whitaker Street, Gisborne |
| Rank on embarkation | Trooper |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Sapper |
| Final unit | New Zealand Engineers |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Place of burial | Mailly Wood Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No 14), Mailly-Maillet, France |
| Medals |
Military Medal 'In the operations against Belle Vue Spur near Passchendaele on the 12th October. Sapper Nicolas was in the forward party of the 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade. His Officer and every other man of the Signal Section in the party was hit and put out of action. Sapper Nicolas continued sending messages back by Lucas Lamp and tried to get communications forward to the front line until ordered to desist by the Commanding Officer to whom he then attached himself. On being ordered to return to Brigade Headquarters he collected all the stores he could find, a good load for one man under normal conditions, and took them with him. During the whole of the above time he was on a slope open to the enemy, swept by machine gun fire and under shellfire.'
Source: 'London Gazette' Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh |