Robert Nicholson
Robert Nicholson
Merchant Navy seaman record, National Archives, Kew
Alias Robert Boris Nicholson; formerly Boris Poselnikoff; Boris Matias Poselnikov, known as Robert Nicholson (nat. in the UK)
Russian spelling
Борис Матвеевич Посельников
Born 14.12.1890
Place Odessa, Ukraine (WWI service records), Vladikavkaz, Ossetia (naturalisation in UK)
Ethnic origin Russian
Religion Church of England
Father Matvei Michael Poselnikoff (Colonel 3rd Sharpshooter regiment)
Mother Alexandra Vasilevna Charckasof [Cherkasova]
Family
Wife Bertha Henrietta Nicholson (née Grabert), married 1918 in London
Residence before arrival at Australia Came to the UK first in 1908 as a seaman, lived in 1910 in Liverpool, then in London
Arrived at Australia
from Cardiff
on 7.07.1912
per Fharwal (Fahrwohl)
disembarked at Newcastle
Residence before enlistment Newcastle, Sydney, Melbourne
Occupation 1915 seaman, 1940, 1949 rigger, 1958 caretaker
Service 1 service number 1122
enlisted 14.07.1915
POE Melbourne
unit 30th Battalion, 15th FAB, 6th FAB, Australian Employment Company
rank Private, Gunner
place Western Front, 1916-1918
discharged 11.02.1919 in London
Service 2 (WWII)
service number Q187674
enlisted 24.05.1940
POE Cairns
unit 15 GB
rank Private
discharged 28.01.1943, MU
Naturalisation 1914 applied in Australia; 1920 naturalised in the UK
Residence after the war 1920 London; 1940 Innisfail; Cairns, Mourilyan, Qld
Died 14.07.1962, Queensland
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