Russian AnzacsAndrew Jabinsky
| Alias | Jabensky, Jabinski |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Андрей Иванович Жабинский |
| Born | 29.06.1887 |
| Place | Borisov, Minsk, Belarus |
| Ethnic origin | Belarusian |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
| Father | John Jabinsky |
| Mother | Terezia Ignat'evna |
| Family | Wife Rima Fedorobna Jabinsky (nee Petrova), marriage 1909, adopted daughter Evgenia, b. 1911 (stayed in Russia); wife Marion by 1925; wife Alice Jabinski (née Chapman), married 1929, daughter Claudia Margaret, b. 1929 |
| Residence before arrival at Australia | Served in the Siberian Engineers for 3 years |
| Arrived at Australia |
from Far East, Moji on 10.07.1913 per St Albans disembarked at Brisbane |
| Residence before enlistment | Queensland, Rockhampton |
| Occupation | 1915 engineer, 1925 fitter; 1939 engine fitter |
| Naturalisation | 1940 |
| Residence after the war | 1919 Rockhampton, Mount Morgan, 1921 Babinda, Mount Morgan, 1925 Babinda, 1928 Newcastle, Broadmedow |
| Died | 16.01.1951, Concord, Sydney |
Service #1
| Service number | 95 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 1.04.1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Rockhampton, Qld |
| Unit | 26th Battalion, 7th Brigade MG Company |
| Rank | Private |
| Place | Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916 |
| Casualties | WIA 1916 |
| Final fate | RTA early 1919 |
| Discharged | 10.04.1917 MU in London |
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA) (Jabinski)
Naturalisation certificate (NAA) (Jabinsky)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Application for assistance (NAA)
Digitised Russian passport (NAA) (Jobinsky)
Alien registration (WA) (NAA)
Alien registration (NSW) 1
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(NAA)
Publications
Елена Говор, Белорусские Анзаки, Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne, 2013, no. 40, c. 53-108.
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Often it was marriage that put an end to their nomadic life-styles [after the war]. Andrew Jabinsky, a former engineer, had been discharged in London with 'abdominal malignant disease' and returned to Australia in 1919 after a brief spell as a munitions worker there; the next two years he spent moving around between Rockhampton, Mount Morgan and Babinda, probably cane-cutting. In 1928 he moved from Queensland to Newcastle, New South Wales, where he married an Australian woman, had a child and started working at BHP as an engine-fitter. He applied for naturalisation in 1939 but by then, as his unsteady handwriting suggests, he was very sick. Thanks to his family's care, however, he had several more years of peaceful life, and died in 1951.
Gallery
Andrew Jabinsky
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 3 July 1915, p. 23
Page from Andrew Jabinsky's passport
NAA