Nicolas Rehrick

Alias Nikolai; Rehric     Russian spelling Николай Георгиевич Рерих (Рерик)

Born 13.09.1889     Place Libava (Liepaja), Latvia     Ethnic origin Latvian     Religion Lutheran

Father Rehrick, George     Mother Rehrick. Julia

Residence before arrival at Australia lived in England and America for several years

Arrived at Australia

            from New York     on 15.05.1912     per Forsdale (as sailor)     disembarked at Geelong

Residence before enlistment Melbourne, Tasmania, Melbourne

Occupation seaman

Service

service number 3689     enlisted 5.05.1916     POE Melbourne

unit 29th  Battalion, 5th Div HQs (Intelligence Police), 58th Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1916-1918      casualties WIA 1917, 1918

final fate RTA 17.03.1919       discharged 7.06.1919

Naturalisation 1924

Residence after the war 1923 Melbourne, 1932 Yarraville

Died 20.08.1953

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

alien registration (NAA) (Rehric)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Two former seamen, Nicholas Kotzebue and Nicolas Rehrick, both from the Baltic region, served on the Western Front with the Intelligence Police [...]. Rehrick, characterised by an Australian police inspector as ‘an alert, intelligent man, of High School education in Latvia’, joined the Intelligence Police after studying at the 5th Division Intelligence school in July 1917. He successfully served in the Intelligence Police until he was severely wounded for the second time, in May 1918.

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