Effim Chernianin
Consular approval for Effim Chernianin's enlistment
Service records (NAA)
Alias Edward Peter Cheney
Russian spelling
Ефим Чернянин
Born 20.01.1890
Place Eniseisk, Russia
Ethnic origin Russian
Religion Roman Catholic (?)
Father Peter Chernianin
Mother Agrafena Chernianin
Family
Wife Stella Luise Owens, married 1918 in Cheltenham, UK; 1920 married Ruby Myrtle Eades in Adelaide
Residence before arrival at Australia Served 3¾ years in the Russian Navy
Arrived at Australia
from San Francisco
on 9.10.1912
per General Pasqua
disembarked at Port Pirie, SA
Residence before enlistment Port Pirie, Broken Hill, Adelaide
Occupation 1915 seaman, 1918 fitter and turner
Service service number 5066
enlisted 27.12.1915
POE Adelaide
unit 10th Battalion
rank Private
place Western Front, 1916-1917
final fate RTA 12.03.1918
discharged 15.07.1918
Naturalisation 1918
Residence after the war Adelaide, SA
Died 24.05.1960, South Australia
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Court martial records (NAA)
South Australian Red Cross Information Bureau file 1 2
Army pay file (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Separation granted. - News, Adelaide, 9 July 1928, p. 2.
Rations by false pretences. - Observer, Adelaide, 27 November 1930, p. 21.
Seaman's oratory has little influence with S.M.. - News, Adelaide, 7 June 1937, p. 7.
Novel court excuse. - Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, 17 October 1940, p. 2.
Hat under arm. - The Advertiser, Adelaide, 17 October 1940, p. 15.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Service or naturalisation records are not where you'd normally expect to find out about mates; yet even here, sometimes, a piece of information will surface unexpectedly. [...] From Effim Chernianin's application for naturalisation, we learn about his friend Private Nicholls: they returned together from the front and for his own holding address Chernianin gave his friend's mother's address