Frank Jeschek
Born | 1886 |
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Place | Warsaw, Poland |
Ethnic origin | Czech / Polish? (arrived in 1909 as 'Bohemian') |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Arrived at Australia |
from Auckland, New Zealand on 3.04.1909 per Southern Cross disembarked at Sydney |
Residence before enlistment | Tasmania |
Occupation | Sailor, general labourer |
Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Residence after the war | Tasmania |
Died | 23.08.1919, Newtown, Tasmania |
Service #1
Service number | 6753 |
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Enlisted | 18.07.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Unit | 12th Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | England, 1916-1917 |
Final fate | RTA 6.04.1917 |
Discharged | 15.08.1918 MU |
Cemetery | Cornelian Bay Hobart R Cath CCX 172 |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised allotment file (NAA)
Alien registration 1 2 (NAA)
Roll of Honour (AWM)
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
A soldier's Russian origin and language problems did not always provoke negative reactions, however; on the contrary, it sometimes evoked a compassionate response, for instance on the part of medical officials. Frank Jeschek, a former seaman from Warsaw, probably of German origin, became ill after enlisting in the AIF in Tasmania. The medical correspondence on his case is accompanied by a brief note, 'Jeschek is a Russian. and a good man'. Unfortunately, he did not live long; he developed tuberculosis while in camp in England, was invalided back to Australia and died in Tasmania in 1919.
Gallery

Frank Jeschek
(Merchant Navy seaman record, National Archives, Kew)

AWM memorial panel 66