Robert Nicholson

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
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

Service #1

Service number	1122
Enlisted	14.07.1915
Place of enlistment	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
Place of enlistment	Cairns
Unit	15 GB
Rank	Private
Discharged	28.01.1943, MU

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