Nicholas Sharoff

AWM memorial panel 87
Russian spelling
Николай Шаров
Born 1887
Place Karachelskoe, Cheliabinsk (?) or Vladivostok, Russia
Ethnic origin Russian
Religion Russian Orthodox
Arrived at Australia
Residence before enlistment Port Douglas, Qld
Occupation Labourer & fireman
Service 1 (Depot)
service number 1692
enlisted 7.05.1915
POE Port Douglas, Qld
unit 25th Battalion
rank Private
discharged 29.06.1915 MU
Service 2 service number 2061
enlisted 7.08.1915
POE Liverpool, NSW
unit 19th Battalion, 18th Battalion
rank Private
place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916
final fate KIA 28.07.1916
memorial 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Materials
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Among those killed at Pozières in these first days was Nicholas Sharoff -- the man from the Urals who had been, the military authorities said, so 'very anxious to serve at the front' that he pretended to be a native of Port Douglas at his second attempt to enlist. He did serve well, even before the battle took place volunteering to join a raiding party on enemy trenches.