NICOLAUS, William Frederick
| Service Number: | 131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Warwick, Queensland Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 7 July 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
East Ballina Cemetery, NSW Plot: Ang B 25, 1 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 131, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 131, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 13 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 131, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, p. 158 notes invalided from Capetown returned to Australia aboard Britannic arriving Brisbane 6 Aug 1901, discharged 13 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
On enlistment in 1901 in the 5th QIB he noted N.O.K. as father Mr. J. Nicolaus and mother Mrs. M. Nicolaus at Perth Street, Toowoomba.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
William Frederick Nicolaus was reportedly born in 1878 in Queensland (no birth registration on BDM Qld), a son to Joseph Nicolaus and Mary Ann Nicolaus (nee Judge). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB 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, Ernest S.N. 201, and Henry S.N. 202, both 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.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 535; Obituary (for his father), Toowoomba Chronicle, 10 Jul 1923 p. 3).
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