Brigadier General Walter Ramsay McNicoll

Ranks Held Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 27/05/1877
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Emerald Hill
Death Date 24/12/1947
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Final Rank Brigadier General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 7th Australian Infantry Battalion
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Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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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 27/05/1877
Date of death 27/05/1877
Dates studied 1901 Studied at the Teachers' Training College.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 29/11/1905 Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the
Other 1905 Taught drawing at Melbourne High School.
Other 1911 Appointed founding Headmaster of Geelong High School.
Date of enlistment 28/08/1914
Date of embarkation 19/10/1914
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 28/08/1914 Appointed Major in the 7th Battalion.
Date wounded 09/05/1915 Badly wounded at the Battle of Krithia.
Other units 04/05/1915 6 Battalion.
Date promoted 03/04/1915 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel.
Other 1915-04-20 - 1915-05-09 Commanding Officer of the 6th Battalion.
Other units 27/05/1916 Commanding Officer 10 Infantry Brigade.
Date of embarkation 27/05/1916
Date promoted 01/05/1916 Appointed Brigadier General.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/10/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/01/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/03/1918
Other units 19/12/1918 Inspector General of Education.
Date of recommendation honour or award 16/10/1918
Other units 14/04/1919 Director of Education
Date of recommendation honour or award 01/01/1919
Date returned to Australia 28/09/1919
Other 05/01/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 24/12/1947

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