Joe Caplan
Alias | Joseph Kaplan (shipping records); Joseph Caplan (naturalisation) |
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Russian spelling | Иосиф Каплан |
Born | 22.10.1892 |
Place | Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania |
Ethnic origin | Jewish |
Religion | Jewish |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Left Russia when he was 14, went to Manchester where he was employed by cap manufacturers |
Arrived at Australia |
from England on 29.05.1913 per Gneisenau disembarked at Sydney |
Residence before enlistment | Sydney |
Occupation | 1913 hatmaker, 1914 traveller, 1916 waiter, ship steward, 1930 steward |
Naturalisation | 1914 |
Residence after the war | Richmond, NSW |
Died | 15.01.1953, Richmond, NSW |
Service #1
Service number | 6043 |
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Enlisted | 26.06.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Sydney |
Unit | 19th Battalion, 3rd Battalion |
Rank | Private, Temporary Corporal |
Place | Western Front, 1917-1918 |
Final fate | RTA 22.01.1920 |
Discharged | 19.05.1920 |
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
No 6043 Corporal J Caplan, 3rd Bn - return to Australia (AWM)