Kaz-Bulat Gusaloff

Alias Served as Kaenolatr Gusloff; Kaspolet Gusaloff
Russian spelling Касбулат (Каспулат) Гусалов
Born 1879
Place Zelgi, Ossetia, the Caucasus
Ethnic origin Ossetian
Religion Roman Catholic (?)
Father Temirsultan Chermenovich Gusalov*
Mother Elizabeth Gussloff [Gusalov]
Family

Widower, wife Kocher Gusloff, died 1911

Residence before arrival at Australia Fought in Russo-Japanese war
Arrived at Australia from unknown, travelled aboard 'Kumano Maru' from Sydney
on 23.01.1914
per Kumano Maru
disembarked at Brisbane
Residence before enlistment Cloncurry, Selwyn, Qld
Occupation Miner
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject

Service #1 – Depot

Service number 3646/03646
Enlisted 9.03.1916
Place of enlistment Charters Towers, Qld
Rank Private
Discharged 2.06.1916 MU

Materials

Digitised service records (NAA)

* Information from 'Vladikavkaz family lists, 1886' (Ossetian Archives), kindly provided by Marina Plieva

Blog article

Russian

English

Publications

Елена Говор, Осетинские анзаки. - Северная Осетия, 14 сентября 2007.

Newspaper articles

Eye for an eye. Rule in Russia. - Daily Standard, Brisbane, 22 July 1915, p. 6.

Northern Supreme court. - Townsville Daily Bulletin, 12 August 1915, p. 7.

Volunteers. - Evening Telegraph, Charters Towers, 10 March 1916, p. 2.

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Lithuanian or Ossetian names underwent particularly strange permutations. Kaz-Bulat Gusaloff from the Caucasus was enlisted as Kaenolatr (later 'corrected' to Kaspolet) Gusloff; it is only from a note in Russian attached to his will that it is possible to work out what his real name was.

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