Morris Lebovich

Alias Morris Leber
Russian spelling Морис Лебович
Born 1895
Place Maikop, Russia or Odessa, Ukraine
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Aaron Lebovich
Mother Hanna Lebovich
Arrived at Australia from Port Said, Egypt
on 6.05.1903
per Karlsruhe
disembarked at Fremantle, WA
Residence before enlistment Perth
Occupation saddler
Naturalisation 1905 (father's naturalisation with family)

Service #1

Service number 7002
Enlisted 31.10.1916
Place of enlistment Sydney
Unit 2nd Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1917-1918
Final fate DOW 5.05.1918
Cemetery 27 Caestre Military Cemetery near Hazebrouck, France

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Roll of Honour. - The Hebrew Standard of Australasia, Sydney, 24 May 1918, p. 10.

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

The Lakovsky, Lebovich and Rappeport families from southern Russia were among those that did continue with their small businesses in Australia. They came to Western Australia at the end of the 19th century and their sons would grow up just like other ordinary Australian city boys -- with the same pursuits and interests, and undergoing the same military training compulsory for Australian boys at the time. The difference for these Jewish boys was that, in Australia, they had the benefits of a better start in life, and a better general education, than would have been their lot in Russia. The question of their identity was probably of little concern for most of this younger generation: for them, Russianness and Jewishness were already giving way to a sense of being Australian -- or being 'British'.

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