Charles Oscar Zander
Born | 11.10.1885* |
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Place | Viteika near Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania |
Ethnic origin | German |
Religion | Church of England |
Father | Gustav Wilhelm Zander, naturalised in Russia* |
Mother | Anna Zander |
Family | Wife Ethel Agnes Zander (nee Ripsher), married 1916 in London, stepdaughter Ethel b. 1909, stepson Edgar Reginald Horne b. 1910; all lived in London during WWI |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Was brought up by his grandmother, took to the sea, since 1903 served on British ships. |
Arrived at Australia |
from England? on About 1911 disembarked at South Australia? |
Residence before enlistment | Port Adelaide, SA |
Occupation | AB Seaman |
Naturalisation | 1910 naturalised in London |
Service #1
Service number | 804 |
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Enlisted | 26.08.1914 |
Place of enlistment | Morphettville, SA |
Unit | 10th Battalion |
Rank | Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal |
Place | Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front 1916 |
Final fate | KIA 22.08.1916 |
Memorial | 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Army pay file (NAA)
Digitised Roll of Honour circular (AWM)
*Information from Charles Oscar Zander's naturalisation certificate (National Archives, Kew) kindly provided by Jonas Mockunas
Blog articles
Publications
Елена Говор, Белорусские Анзаки, Białoruskie Zeszyty Historyczne, 2013, no. 40, c. 53-108.
Newspaper articles
Late Cpl. Zanders, The Register, Adelaide, 13 October 1916, p. 6
The Late Corporal Zanders, Chronicle, Adelaide, 28 October 1916, p. 45, portr.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
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.