RODIONOFF, Nicholas
| Service Number: | 5824 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Perm Russia, June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1948 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-33. 17. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5824, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5824, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5824, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 8 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5824, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), German Spring Offensive 1918, Gas | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5824, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), "The Last Hundred Days", GSW hip and right arm - "accidental" | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5824, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), 3rd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
At Sandgate Cemetery I recently placed a cross at the unmarked gravesite of a Russian born, 1st A.I.F. soldier of The Great War.
Sapper Nicholas Rodionoff, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5824), carpenter and coal miner from Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 25th September 1948, age 64. GENERAL-33. 17.
No funeral or death notice located.
Born at Perm, Russia about 1883 to parents’ unknown, husband of N Rodionoff of Tomsk, Siberia, Russia, Nicholas enlisted June 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements at Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 21.2.1917 (mumps), 9.10.1918 (GSW hip, right arm, accidental), and wounded in action - 8.4.1918 (gas), Nicholas returned home September 1919, being discharged on the 13th October 1919.
The tragic circumstances of Mr. Rodionoff’s death were reported. His service record states Died 20th September 1948 (in his hut at Dutchmans Beach, Nelsons Bay, N.S.W.)
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, to restore Honour and Dignity to Nicholas.
Any further information would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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