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Jim Nicholas
Nicholas in 1915
Personal information
Full name James Joachim Nicholas
Date of birth (1890-11-17)17 November 1890
Place of birth Picola, Victoria
Date of death 20 September 1917(1917-09-20) (aged 26)
Place of death Menin Road Ridge, Passchendaele salient, Belgium[1]
Position(s) Half back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1911 University 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Joachim Nicholas MiD (17 November 1890 – 20 September 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. He was killed in action, in Belgium, during World War I.

Family

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The son of William John Nicholas, and Sarah Nicholas, née Joachim,[2] James Joachim Nicholas was born at Picola, Victoria on 17 November 1890.

Education

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He was educated at Brighton Grammar School.[3] In 1906, aged 15, he passed the matriculation examination.[4]

He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne,[5][6] graduating as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) in 1911,[7] and as Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1913.[8]

Medicine

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Following his graduation, and before his military service, he practised medicine jointly with Dr. Richard Horace Gibbs in Colac, Victoria.[9]

Football

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A regular player for the university's Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)[broken anchor] team, he played one VFL match for the university team, as a last minute inclusion in a team badly depleted in numbers, in the round 12 match, against Richmond Football Club, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 8 July 1911.

Military service

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He served in the Australian Medical Corps during the First World War but was killed in action at the Menin Road Ridge, aged 26, on 20 September 1917,[10] while serving at the Passchendaele front.

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Main, J. & Allen, D., "Nicholas, James", pp.135–136 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
  2. ^ Marriages, The Age, (Saturday 8 February 1890), p.5.
  3. ^ Our Schools, Brighton Southern Cross, (Saturday, 17 December 1904) p.2.
  4. ^ Matriculation: May Results: Melbourne Candidates, The Australasian, (Saturday, 23 July 1906), p.38; Our Schools: Brighton Grammar School: Form VI, The Brighton Southern Cross, (Saturday, 22 December 1906), p3.
  5. ^ Medical Student's Work, The Argus, (Saturday, 13 August 1910), p.19.
  6. ^ Roll of War Service, The Melbourne University Magazine: War Memorial Number, (July 1920), pp.32–33.
  7. ^ Conferring of Degrees: Bachelor of Medicine: James Joachim Nicholas, The Australasian, (Saturday, 30 December 1911) p.31; Conferring of Degrees: Bachelor of Surgery: James Joachim Nicholas, The Australasian, (Saturday, 30 December 1911) p.31.
  8. ^ Melbourne University: Degrees Conferred: Doctor of Medicine: James Joachim Nicholas, The Argus, (Wednesday, 24 December 1913), p.6.
  9. ^ Colac Contingent: For Expeditionary Force: Army Medical Corps, The Colac Herald, (Friday, 28 August 1914), p.5; (News Item), The Colac Herald, (Monday, 24 August 1914), p.5.
  10. ^ For Freedom's Cause: Killed in Action: Lieut.-Colonel J.J. Nicholas, The Bendigonian, (Thursday, 4 October 1917), p.22; Roll of Honor: Victorian List: Killed in Action: "Lieut.-Col. J.J. Nicholas, Echuca East, 20/9/17", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 27 October 1917), p.31.

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