NAA: A1, 1928/1967

Reichenbach, Ellen Elizabeth

Digital copy - 645077

Details

Occupation as writtenwidow
Standardised occupationXX00: Other - Other
Application received21 May 1918
Application status Approved
OfficialA.H.
Date of approval or denial21 Jun 1918
If rejected, why?
Birthplace as writtenSt. Kilda, Victoria
Modern countryAustralia
Age on application57
Age on arrival in Australia45
Port of DepartureNew Caledonia
Port of ArrivalSydney
Date of arrival29 Jan 1906
Name of shipPacifique
VoyagePacifique (1906-01-29)

Addresses

Address in Australia25 Nelson Street, Woolahra, Sydney, c/o Mackay & Pamer
Address StateNew South Wales
Time at address

Family

MarriedWidow
ChildrenYes

4 sons and 1 daughter. Hermann Charles, 33, b. New Caledonia, Lt. in Forces in East Africa; Sidney Victor, 31, b. NC, in French Army; Frank Leopold, 29, b NC, imperial forces in Palestine; Emily Lucy Day, 26, b NC, now Vaucluse residence; Gabriel Selmar, 18, b NC, resid w/her. See Further Inf re:WWI

References

Name of referenceThomas Henry Abbott
Occupation of referenceJustice of the Peace (New South Wales)
Marginalia description

p.1 'Fr'

Police report attachedYes
Link to other applicant
LiterateYes

Why are they applying?

Reasonother
Other information

p.23, letter from MacGregor & Palmster, Solicitors, 20 May 1918: son wants to enlist and thinks this needs sorting first.

Further comments

born Australian. Married to Austrian naturalised as French - he'd moved to New Caledonia when only 2 (see Police REport below)

Police Report, p.14, 5 MAy 1918: 'widow of independent means'. Her mother Scotch and father French. 2 sons in Imperial FOrces. 1 son in French Army. Youngest son now wants to enlist - Gabriel Salmer Reichenbach.