NICOL, Charles Gordon
(Service number 13/712)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | *1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Y.M.C.A., Auckland | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Alexander NICOL, care of Herald Office, Auckland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Auckland Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Star of India or Waimana | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *October 1972 | Age | |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Purewa; ashes interred Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Charles Gordon Nicol was the second son of Alexander and Jane (née Finnie) Nicol. Charles was educated at Oamaru South, Duntroon and Saddle Hill schools, and possibly others. Charles had served in the South African War. A well known prerssman, he served for some time in the commercial department of the "Otago Daily Times":, and was later a reporter on the "Paten Press", on the "Timaru Post", and reporter and assistant sub-editor on the "New Zeaoland Herald", Auckland, where "he was extremely popular among all wh knew him." It was reported that he was in a Malta hospital "slightly wounded". Then a telegram in August 1915 stated that his right hand had been amputated. Sergeant Nicol was well known in Timaru, and the news of his very serious disablement will be learned by his many friends here, with extreme regret." (Timaru Herald, 19 August 2015). Charles married Henrietta Bond in 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 March 2018]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 March 2018]; School Admission records (Oamaru & Dunedin branches NZSG) [22 March 2018]; Waikumete Cemetery records [22 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 19 August 1915 (Papers Past) [14 February 2018]
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