Nicholas Sindeeff
Russian spelling
Николай Николаевич Синдеев
Born 31.03.1886
Place Syzran, Simbirsk (Ulianovsk), Russia
Ethnic origin Russian
Religion Russian Orthodox
Father Nicholas W. Sindeeff
Residence before arrival at Australia Resided in St Petersburg until 1909, ordered to leave by police owing to his having taken prominent part in the political meetings, went to Port Dairen, Manchuria, then to Nagasaki
Arrived at Australia
from Russia via Nagasaki, Japan
on 29.05.1910
per Nikko Maru
disembarked at Brisbane
Residence before enlistment Dubbo, Gilgandra, Sydney, Barmedman
Occupation 1910 fireman, 1913 navvy, farm labourer, 1914 engine driver (stationary)
Service service number 186
enlisted 30.08.1914
POE Kensington, NSW
unit 3rd Battalion
rank Private
place Gallipoli, 1915
casualties Injured 1915
final fate RTA 17.03.1916
discharged 28.08.1916 MU
Naturalisation 1914
Residence after the war Sydney
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
A letter from the front. - The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, 2 March 1915, p. 2
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Another political escapee documented in the archives was Nicholas Sindeeff, who was a fireman but came from a well-off family (his father spoke perfect English and was employed at the Imperial Bank). When living in St Petersburg, Nicholas 'was ordered to leave by the police owing to his having taken prominent part in the political meetings'. Travelling via Dairen and Nagasaki, he reached Australia in 1910 and worked here as an engine-driver before joining up in 1914.
[...] The very first contingent [...] -- this First Fleet of the new Australian nationhood -- left Australian waters in early November 1914 with at least 12 Russians: the Finns Baer and Hiltunen, the ethnic Russians Arn, Kamishansky, Sast and Sindeeff, the Polish-born Markowicz and Watson, the Jews Zander and Levene, and the Russian-born Englishmen Ball and Dyson.