Walter McNicoll
| Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll | |
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| Born |
27 May 1877 Emerald Hill, Victoria |
| Died | 24 December 1947 (aged 70) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Military Forces |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | 10th Brigade 6th Battalion |
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| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (5) Croix de guerre (Belgium) |
| Relations | Major General Ronald McNicoll (son) Vice Admiral Sir Alan McNicoll (son) |
| Other work | Member for Werriwa Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea |
Brigadier General Sir Walter Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, VD (27 May 1877 – 24 December 1947) was an Australian teacher, soldier, and colonial administrator.
McNicoll was born in the Melbourne suburb of Emerald Hill, on 27 May 1877. He was the only son and eldest of three children to William Walter Alexander McNicoll (1852–1937) and Ellen McNicoll (née Ramsay, 1852–1900). He trained as a teacher in the Victorian Education Department and at Melbourne University. He held posts in various country schools in Victoria, then as senior master at Melbourne High School and, from 1911 to 1914, founding principal of Geelong High School. At the same time he had been active in the Victorian militia, which at the outbreak of the First World War became part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
As a lieutenant colonel, McNicoll commanded the 6th Battalion, 2nd Australian Brigade, at Gallipoli and was seriously wounded during an infantry charge in the Second Battle of Krithia on 8 May 1915. The brigade suffered 36 percent casualties in the course of two hours of action. He was found on the battlefield that evening by Charles Bean, then a war correspondent—later, Australia's official war historian. Bean piled discarded packs around McNicoll as protection against the still-continuing small arms fire and returned in the night with a stretcher party. McNicoll was invalided to Alexandria and then to London, where a second operation finally located and removed the bullet from his abdomen.
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