LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Robert William NICHOLLS
Service No: 31447
Born: Hobart TAS, 12 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 September 1941
Unit: No. 8 Squadron
Died: Illness, Kenmore NSW, 24 June 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Goulburn General Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Garfield Nicholls and Amelia Nicholls, of Glenorchy, Tasmania
Roll of Honour: Hobart TAS
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Corporal Nicholls, a Radio Direction Finding (Radar) Mechanic, who was admitted to No. 114 Australian General Hospital, Kenmore, on 17 May 1943, died of an illness on 24 June 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 31447