Brigadier General Walter Ramsay McNicoll

Ranks Held Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 1877-05-27
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Emerald Hill
Death Date 1947-12-24
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1915-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1915-07-03
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1919-04-05
Published in London Gazette in 1915-08-05
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-09-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-09-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-07-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1915-10-28
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

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    Three officers of the 7th Battalion resting in the desert, their rifles lying on the ground next ...

    Group portrait of senior officers of the Australian Imperial Force at Victoria Barracks. ...

    Group portrait of Military Staff of Education Services AIF, taken in the backyard of 32 Grosvenor ...

    Two officers on horseback at Spencer Street Railway Station. One of them is Brigadier General ...

    Group portrait including General J. J. T. Hobbs (left, seated), Senator Pearce (centre, seated), ...

    Informal portrait of Brigadier General Ramsay McNicholl, commanding the 10th Australian Infantry ...

    Visiting the front line trenches held by the 39th Battalion at Houplines, are: left to right: Mr ...

    Portrait Brigadier General W. R. McNicoll and staff of the 10th Australian Infantry Brigade at ...

    A stretcher bearer receiving a medal from General Sir William Birdwood at a presentation parade ...

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Date of birth 27 May 1877
Date of death 27 May 1877
Dates studied 1901 Studied at the Teachers' Training College.
Other 1905 Taught drawing at Melbourne High School.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 29 November 1905 Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
Other 1911 Appointed founding Headmaster of Geelong High School.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 28 August 1914 Appointed Major in the 7th Battalion.
Date of enlistment 28 August 1914
Date of embarkation 19 October 1914
Date promoted 03 April 1915 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other 1915-04-20 - 1915-05-09 Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion.
Other units 04 May 1915 6 Battalion.
Date wounded 09 May 1915 Badly wounded at the Battle of Krithia.
Date promoted 01 May 1916 Appointed Brigadier General.
Date of embarkation 27 May 1916
Other units 27 May 1916 Commanding Officer 10 Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 October 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 01 January 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 October 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 16 October 1918
Other units 19 December 1918 Inspector General of Education.
Date of recommendation honour or award 01 January 1919
Other units 14 April 1919 Director of Education
Date returned to Australia 28 September 1919
Other 05 January 1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 24 December 1947

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