Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
John Archibald NICHOLSON
Private
Died 1 November 1916 · Age uncertain
Age discrepancy: The retained commemorative record gives 50; the Canadian attestation records birth on 6 June 1869, which conflicts with that age. We have not been able to confirm the exact age.
His story
John Nicholson is commemorated as John Archibald Nicholson, while his attestation and casualty card name him John Alfred Nicholson. His attestation records birth at Morrisburg, Ontario, on 6 June 1869. He was a single electrician and named Sophia Hannum of Ottawa as next of kin. He signed his attestation at Ottawa on 5 April 1915.
Nicholson served in the Canadian veterinary service under no. 113459. His casualty card records that he collapsed while waiting for a medical board and died shortly afterwards from heart failure on 1 November 1916. He was buried at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Canadian service
- Date of birth
- 6 June 1869 (attestation)
- Place of birth
- Morrisburg, Ontario
- Occupation
- Electrician
- Family
- Next of kin: Sophia Hannum, Gilmour Street, Ottawa
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Private
- Service number
- 113459
- Corps or service
- Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
- Enlistment or entry recorded
- 5 April 1915 at Ottawa
- Earlier service
- South African Veterans, three years (attestation; precise service chronology unknown)
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 November 1916
- Age
- Uncertain
- Recorded cause
- Heart failure (original casualty card)
- Cemetery or memorial
- Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- Grave reference
- Div. 3. N. 9.
Connected men
- Thomas Holt FOWLERAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- Frederick James MORGANAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
- John REIDAlso buried at Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “John Archibald Nicholson”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/john_archibald_nicholson/.
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