George Berzin

AWM memorial panel 109

George Berzin
Chronicle, Adelaide, 7 October 1916, p. 46
Russian spelling
Берзиньш
Latvian spelling Bērziņš
Born 31.01.1892
Place Wolmar (Valmiera), Latvia
Ethnic origin Latvian
Religion Church of England
Arrived at Australia
from South America
on 22.12.1911
per Socotra
disembarked at Port Victoria
Residence before enlistment Broken Hill, NSW; Yorketown, Port Pirie, SA
Occupation Sailor, labourer
Service service number 746
enlisted 9.01.1915
POE Adelaide
unit 27th Battalion
rank Private, Lance Corporal
place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916
final fate KIA 4.08.1916
cemetery 1890 Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France
memorial 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France
Naturalisation 1915
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM) (Berzen)
Blog articles
Filips Lastovskis, Bēgot no cara, kuģa vai bezdarba: drošsirdīgi latvieši, kas karoja zem Austrālijas karoga, - DELFI PLUS, 2020
Филипс Ластовскис. Убежать от царя и безработицы. Латвийцы в армии Австралии: кто они?, - DELFI PLUS, 2020
Newspaper articles
The late Lance-Corporal George Berzin. - Chronicle, Adelaide, 7 October 1916, p. 46