Nicholas Kocaj

Born 1894   Place Tomaszow, Poland  Ethnic origin Pole   Religion Roman Catholic

Father Kocaj, Mareusz

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Coffs Harbour, NSW

Occupation 1916 cook, 1923 poultry farmer*

Service

service number 2832   enlisted 15.08.1916   POE Sydney

unit 3rd Pioneer Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1918-1919

final fate RTA 18.04.1920       discharged 28.01.1921

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war Sydney

Wife Gladys Winnifred Kocaj (née Wilshere), married 1919 at Bradford-on-Avon, England, children Phyllis (1920-1960), Joan May (b. 1922), James Nelson (1923-1945, WWII), Julia Nicola (b. 1925). After Nicholas' death his widow and children returned to England. Later his daughter Joan May and her family moved to Australia.*

Died 14.06.1925*

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

*Information from granddaughter Sylvia J Geddes

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