Paul Adamson

Alias Paul Alexander Adamson, Harry or Ivan Reher or Adamson
Born 14.10.1891
Place Revel (Tallinn), Estonia
Ethnic origin Estonian
Religion Church of England
Father Arthur Adamson (?)
Mother Sophia Jacobs (?)
Family Wife Mary Melvie Adamson (nee Cox), daughter Melba Paulina Adamson, b. 1917
Residence before arrival at Australia Served 18 months in the Russian army
Arrived at Australia from Liverpool, UK
on 6.12.1911
per Wirral
disembarked at Fremantle, WA
Residence before enlistment Glebe, NSW; Melbourne
Occupation Seaman AB
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Residence after the war Adelaide, Melbourne
Died 1949, Parkville, Victoria
Cemetery Fawkner Memorial Park, Melbourne

Service #1 – Depot

Service number 5030
Enlisted 6.01.1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Rank Private
Discharged 13.03.1915

Service #2 – Depot

Enlisted 1.04.1915
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Rank Private
Discharged 20.05.1915

Service #3 – Depot

Enlisted 24.01.1916
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Rank Private
Discharged 11.05.1916

Service #4 – Depot

Enlisted 15.08.1916
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Rank Private
Discharged 1.11.1916 MU

Materials

Blog article

Russian

English

Newspaper articles

Two Russians enlist. - The Argus, Melbourne, 25 January 1916, p. 7, 8.

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Paul Adamson, an Estonian from Revel, served 18 months in the Russian army and had a rather chequered career in Australia. He enlisted five times in the Australian army but never left Melbourne. After the war he was wanted for false pretences and, to evade police, masqueraded as a Russian 'Ivan Reher from Petrograd' -- a rather unusual example of Russianisation, perhaps.

Gallery

Paul Adamson
Victoria Police Gazette, 1923

Paul Adamson

Fawkner Memorial Park, Melbourne

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