David Balooda
Alias David Charles; Balwoda, Balveda
Russian spelling
Давид Андреевич Балуда
Born 30.12.1886
Place Riga, Latvia
Ethnic origin Latvian
Religion Lutheran
Father Andrew Balooda
Mother Alicia Bulkevis
Family
Wife Catherine (nee King) Balooda, married 1925
Arrived at Australia
from Riga
on 1.05.1907
per Hamburg Line of steamers
disembarked at Melbourne
Residence before enlistment Shepparton, Cobram, Vic.
Occupation 1927 coal miner
Service enlisted 7.12.1914*
POE Melbourne
unit 24th Battalion
rank Private
place Egypt, 1915
final fate RTA 05.1915
discharged 1915
Naturalisation 1927
Residence after the war Station work throughout Qld, Baralaba, Qld
Died 20.09.1951 Rockhampton
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Balooda, David - Applied for naturalisation 17 May 1927 (NAA)
*All data about David Balooda's AIF service is from his own statements, no archival documents found so far.
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Callide Valley farmers at law. - Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, 20 November 1937, p. 5
Weather conditions against production. - Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, 20 November 1937, p. 5
Biloela Court. - The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton, 25 November 1937, p. 66
Goovigen. - The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton, 27 September 1951, p. 24