Parfeny Grehoff
Russian spelling | Парфений Грехов |
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Born | 7.02.1870 |
Place | Ust-Kamenogorsk, Russia |
Ethnic origin | Russian |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Father | Parfeny Grehoff |
Mother | Stephanida |
Family | By 1915 widower, daughter Valentina Grehoff, Vladivostok |
Arrived at Australia |
from Far East on 28.10.1913 per Eastern disembarked at Brisbane |
Residence before enlistment | Yarraman Creek, North Qld, Brisbane |
Occupation | 1915 veterinary doctor and surgeon, labourer, 1918 poultry farmer, 1919 labourer |
Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Residence after the war | Qld |
Died | 16.01.1922 Qld |
Service #1
Service number | 2142 |
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Enlisted | 26.03.1915 |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane |
Unit | 15th Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Gallipoli, 1915 |
Final fate | RTA 8.05.1916 |
Discharged | 12.07.1916 MU |
Service #2
Service number | 1315 |
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Enlisted | 1.05.1918 |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane |
Unit | AN&MEF |
Rank | Private |
Place | New Britain, 1918 |
Final fate | RTA 12.09.1918 |
Discharged | 15.10.1918 MU |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Application to enlist (NAA)
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Russians who joined the army together, or who met up at training camp, would often embark together. [...] The Karoola, which left Brisbane on 12 June 1915, carried eight Russians mostly from northern Queensland: Glowacki, Roomianzoff, Sekachoff, Karelin (6/9th Battalion), and Lopaten, Grehoff, Smagin and Volkoff (6/15th Battalion). In Sydney they were joined by three of their countrymen -- Kozakoff, Harbert and Kozakovshonok.
[...] Parfeny Grehoff had taken up poultry farming in Australia after his medical discharge caused by injuries he sustained at Gallipoli, but in May 1918 he re-enlisted, this time in the AN&MEF. He served as a private at Rabaul and Kokopo garrisons until getting sick, when he was invalided back to Australia once again.