NICOLAUS, Henry
| Service Numbers: | 202, 3572 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Memorials: | Windorah District Roll of Honour, Windorah Rock of Remembrance |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 202, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 19 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Pinkenba 19 May 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 22 Jun 1902 after peace had been declared. | |
| 19 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 202, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 530 notes 7th BACH embarked at Durban 28 Jun 1902 aboard Manchester Merchant returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 2 Aug 1902, disbanded 9 Aug 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 3572, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 3572, 7th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Henry Nicolaus noted on his Boer War enlistment Attestation Paper that he was born in 1881 in Toowoomba, Queensland (no birth registration on BDM Qld), a son to Joseph Nicolaus and Mary Ann Nicolaus (nee Judge). He noted his N.O.K. as his father J. Nicolaus at Perth St, Toowoomba.
Two of his brothers also served in the South African (Boer) War, William Frederick S.N. 131 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, and Ernest S.N. 201 in the 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. Their services were noted in their father Joseph's obituary published in 1923. Ernest and Henry's surname has been spelt differently on various documents associated with their Boer War service.
Their details recorded with their service photo in The Queenslander newspaper, 31 May 1902, p. 1193, has their surname as Nicholans. Henry's and Ernest’s Boer War Service Dossier, Attestation Paper, has their surname as Nicholaus which someone has corrected to Nicolaus. His father's obituray also indicates Henry served in WW1 for the entire war with distinction being awarded the military cross, but no records have been found of this service.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 535; Obituary (for his father), Toowoomba Chronicle, 10 Jul 1923 p. 3).
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
Enlisted and served in WWI under the anglicised name of Henry Robert NICHOLAS
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