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McNICOLL, WALTER RAMSAY. 1905.
Teachers' Coll.; B.A., Dip. Ed.; Senior Master Melb. H.S. February 1905-June 19u; Head Master Geelong H.S. June 19u-August 1914.
15.8.14, Major, second in command 7th Btn.; sailed with first convoy 19.10.14; Egypt 1.12.14-3.4.15; Anzac landing, 25.4.15, in command 6th Btn., Lieut.-Col.; Cape Helles; severely wounded Krithia 8.5.15; hospital at Alexandria and Wandsworth; home on convalescent leave, arriving 22.12.15; to command 111th Inf. Bde. (then forming), Colonel (T Brig.-Gen.), 10.2.16; sailed 27.5.16; France November 1916; Armentieres, Messines, Ypres, Broodseinde, Passchendaele June-October 1917; Warneton December 1917; Somme March 1918; offensive of 8.8.18, Amiens district, to 31.8.18; Hindenburg Line at Bony and Le Catelet 30.9.18-3.10.18. To reserve 5.10.18; G.O.C. Fovant Depots November and December 1918. Inspector General of Education A.I.F. 19.12.18. Director of Education A.I.F. London April-September 1919. Returned 6.11.19; A.I.F. appointment terminated 28.1.20. D.S.O. 3.6.15; C.M.G. Flanders 1917; C.B. Somme 1918; Croix de Guerre; Despatches five times.