Russian AnzacsEvan Kozakoff
| Alias | Evin (files and discharge), Eban (embarkation roll) |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Иван Козаков |
| Born | 1884 |
| Place | Moscow, Russia |
| Ethnic origin | Russian |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
| Mother | Mrs U. Kozakoff |
| Residence before arrival at Australia | Served 4 years in the Russian Army |
| Residence before enlistment | Sydney |
| Occupation | Engine driver |
| Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Service #1
| Service number | 5035 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 26.04.1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Liverpool, NSW |
| Unit | 1st Australian Hospital Ship 'Karoola', 1st ACC Station, 4th Field Ambulance |
| Rank | nurse |
| Place | Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916 |
| Discharged | 31.08.1916 in London, services no longer required owing to an insufficient knowledge of the English language preventing him from carrying out orders |
Materials
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.
[...] There were even a few cases of Russians being discharged because of insufficient English: as with Jack Kanaef and Evan Kozakoff, who had both been in the field ambulance. Acting with the characteristic presumptuousness of the time towards someone different, Kozakoff's commander anglicised his name into Koseycroft!