Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Four: Private T. Nicholson, Imperial Yeomanry, later 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 190229424 Tpr: T. Nicholson. 24th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (673 Pte. T. Nicholson. 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (673 Pte. T. Nicholson. 28 Bn. A.I.F.) cleaned, nearly very fine and better

Three: Private F. Nicholson, 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day, 25 April 1915
1914-15 Star (1028 Pte. F. Nicholson. 11/Bn. A.I.F.) officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (1028 Pte. F. Nicholson. 11 Bn. A.I.F.) cleaned, very fine (7) £600-£800

Thomas Nicholson was born in Penrith, Westmorland, in 1871 and attested there for the Imperial Yeomanry on 1 March 1901. He served with the 24th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Company in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 31 August 1902, and was discharged on 7 September 1902. He emigrated to Australia just prior to the Great War, and attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Perth on 8 March 1915. He served with the 28th Battalion in Gallipoli from 10 September 1915, and then to the Western Front. He was admitted to hospital with bronchitis on 6 April 1916, and was evacuated to England. He returned to Australia for home service on 24 June 1916, and was discharged, medically unfit, on 16 August 1916. He subsequently re-enlisted, and having sailed for England was discharged there, medically unfit, on 9 October 1917. He died in Perth, W.A., on 10 December 1938.

Francis William Nicholson, the son of the above, was borne in Penrith, Westmorland, on 3 February 1892 and having emigrated to Western Australia along with his father just prior to the Great War attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 17 September 1914, declaring previous service with the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli from the first day of action, 25 April 1915, and was evacuated on 22 July 1915, suffering from a perforated eardrum and a cut hand due to shell concussion. He was invalided home on 16 September 1915, and subsequently served with the S.C.R. Staff Recruitment Section. He died in Albany, W.A., on 24 July 1964. He is mentioned twice in the book Game to the Last by James Hurst.

Sold with an Australia Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League badge; and copied research.