Nicholas Sindeeff

Russian spelling Николай Николаевич Синдеев

Born 31.03.1886     Place Syzran, Simbirsk (Ulianovsk), Volga River area, Russia     Ethnic origin Russian     Religion Russian Orthodox

Father Sindeeff, Nicholas W. (Синдеев Николай Васильевич)     Mother -

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 Qld, Dubbo, Sydney

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, injured 1915

final fate RTA 17.03.1916       discharged 28.08.1916 MU

Naturalisation 1914

Residence after the war Sydney

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

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.

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