Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Henrie Clarence Nicholas
Henrie Clarence Nicholas's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Henrie Clarence Nicholas
Service number: 464
Rank: Lance Corporal [L Cpl]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: NICHOLAS, Lce. Cpl. Henrie Clarence, 464. 3rd Australian Light Horse. 4th Aug., 1916. Age 34. Son of George Clarence and Minnie Nicholas. Native of Millbrook Ouse, Tasmania.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Henrie Clarence Nicholas from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 464 |
| Place of birth | Millbrook, Ouse, Tasmania |
| School | Harrow on the Hill, London, England |
| Other training | Trinity College, Cambridge University (BA 1904) |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Pastoralist |
| Address | 'Meadow Bank', Glenora, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 32 |
| Next of kin | Father, G.C. Nicholas, 'Millbrook', Ouse, Tasmania |
| Previous military service | Served in the 26th Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces, Tasmania. |
| Enlistment date | 26 August 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He settled on property transferred by his father ('Meadow Bank', about 28,000 acres); Councillor of Hamilton Municipality and JP; and one of the first to volunteer. Left Australia on 21 October 1914. Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and again in Egypt. He was offered a commission in the 12th Lancers (his brother's regiment). Papers containing his discharge, delayed, came to hand just before the threatened raid on the Suez Canal. He decided to remain in his original unit until the danger was over, and he was killed in the action which immediately followed. He suffered instantaneous death by a bullet in the forehead. |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Meredith Ridge, Romani, Egypt |
| Age at death | 34 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Clarence and Minnie NICHOLAS. Native of Millbrook Ouse, Tasmania |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Henrie Clarence Nicholas
