Frank Dvoretsky
Alias D'Voretsky
Russian spelling
Франк Самойлович Дворецкий
Born 1890
Place Slonim, Belarus (?); also stated to be born in Ballarat, Victoria
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Samuel Dvoretsky
Mother Mary Dychovsky
Family
Wife Clara J Dvoretsky (nee Thompson), married 1916, Perth; Charlotte Mary Dvoretsky (nee Lynch), married 1928, Perth
Arrived at Australia
on Ca 1892
Residence before enlistment Ballarat, Victoria; 1897 Brookton, WA
Occupation 1915 farmer, 1925 brewery hand, 1931 motor driver, 1936 theatre employee, 1949 dance promoter
Service 1 enlisted 11.06.1915
POE Blackboy Hill
unit Depot
rank Private
discharged 1915
Service 2 service number 2571A
enlisted 7.12.1915
POE Heliopolis, Egypt
unit 4th DAC
rank gunner
place Egypt, 1916
casualties Injury
final fate RTA 23.06.1916
discharged 20.10.1916
Naturalisation 1897 (with father)
Residence after the war Perth
Died 2.08.1964, Perth
Materials
Digitised father's naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Application to enlist in the AIF (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Personal case file 1 2 3 4 5 (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Fire in Humffray Street. - Ballarat Star, 20 December 1894, p. 2.
Mr. Dvoretsky's farm. - Western Mail, Perth, 3 March 1921, p. 7.
Relics of war and a deserted wife. - Truth, Perth, 24 January 1925, p. 8.
Publications
Stockdale, Jacqueline Mary. Empty spaces and smiling faces: the New Settlers' League and Australian immigration. PhD thesis, James Cook University, 2016, p. 170.