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Jim Nicholas
Australian rules footballer
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.
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| 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1911. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
The son of William John Nicholas, and Sarah Nicholas, née Joachim,[2] James Joachim Nicholas was born at Picola, Victoria on 17 November 1890.
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]
Following his graduation, and before his military service, he practised medicine jointly with Dr. Richard Horace Gibbs in Colac, Victoria.[9]
A regular player for the University's Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) 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.
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.
- 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.
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: James Joachim Nicholas.
- World War One Service Record: Lieutenant Colonel James Joachim Nicholas, National Archives of Australia.
- World War One Nominal Roll: Lieutenant Colonel James Joachim Nicholas, Australian War Memorial.
- World War One Embarkation Roll: Captain James Joachim Nicholas, Australian War Memorial.
