David Lakovsky
David Lake, 1939
Alias David Lake
Russian spelling
Давид Лаковский
Born 5.01.1898
Place Ekaterinoslav (Dnipro), Ukraine
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Tom Lakovsky (Lachovsky)
Mother Pasha Lakovsky (nee Shaeffer)
Family
Wife Hannah Lake (nee Brumer); son Max Emory Lake (1924-2009), Bernard Joel (1929-1999), Trevor (1931-1933), Janette, Jeffrey
Contacts
Brother Edward Lakovsky; sister Zillah Lakovsky, wife of Jack Kanaef
Residence before arrival at Australia Lived in Odessa, Ukraine
Arrived at Australia
from Odessa, Ukraine
on 28.07.1903
per Gera
disembarked at Fremantle, WA
Residence before enlistment Perth, Kalgoorlie, Sydney
Occupation furniture salesman; Since late 1920s General Sales manager of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Service service number 1304
enlisted 28.12.1917
POE South Head, NSW
unit 36th A. Heavy Arty (AHAG) (Siege art. brigade)
rank Gunner
place Western Front, 1918
discharged 31.07.1919 in London
Naturalisation 1911 (with father)
Residence after the war New York, USA; Sydney
Died 5.03.1953 Sydney
Materials
Digitised father's naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Family tree at Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Mr. Thomas Lakovsky. - The Hebrew Standard of Australasia, Sydney, 13 March 1931, pp. 3-4.
Visiting Sydney executive. Mr. David Lake in Perht. - West Australian, Perth, 21 April 1939, p. 4.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
David Lakovsky (later Lake) was 19 years old when he enlisted in the army, having previously served as a gunner at South Head, Sydney. He was trained to serve with the siege artillery brigade, but only reached the Western Front a few days after the Armistice. According to his niece, 'David Lake went to America, and became interested in movies, and he started Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures in Australia. He was the one in the depression who kept all the family going.'