Russian AnzacsJohn Mineeff
| Alias | Jack Mineef |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Иван Семенович Минеев |
| Born | 21.09.1887 |
| Place | Perm, Russia |
| Ethnic origin | Russian |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Father | Semen Mineeff |
| Mother | Pelagia Mineeff |
| Family | Wife Annie Emily Mineeff (née Rowbotham), married 1919, children Mary (Marusa) (1919-); Alexis Charles (1921-1944, WWII); Nicholas (1923-2002), Eugene Cathleen (1924-2016). Son Jack Mineeff, born 1918, his mother is Violet Mary Maud Lewis |
| Arrived at Australia |
from Russia on 24.07.1910 per Yawata Maru disembarked at Brisbane |
| Residence before enlistment | Esk to Blackbutt Railway, Brisbane, Ipswich Railway works |
| Occupation | Iron moulder |
| Naturalisation | 1913 |
| Residence after the war | Sydney |
| Died | 11.11.1931, Randwick, NSW |
Service #1
| Service number | 15736 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 16.08.1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane |
| Unit | 3rd FAB, 1st DAC |
| Rank | Gunner, Driver |
| Place | Western Front, 1916-1918 |
| Final fate | RTA 12.05.1918 |
| Discharged | 7.01.1919 |
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Personal case file 1 2 (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Lost Home. - The Sydney Morning Heralds, 7 November 1936, p. 17.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
John Mineeff, born in the Urals, an iron-moulder at enlistment, served as a gunner and driver in artillery with the 1st AIF and was invalided back to Australia suffering from shell-shock. He later married but did not live long. When the new war broke out, his two sons and daughter all joined up. His second son, Lex (Alexis Charles), served in the RAAF in England as a wireless operator on Lancasters; in June 1944 his plane failed to return from a bombing mission over northern France. His plane was subsequently found just north of Amiens, not many miles from where, on the other side of Amiens, his father had endured the horror of the Somme in the autumn of 1916.
Gallery
John Mineeff
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 15 April 1916, p. 27
John Mineeff
Sydney, 1916 (Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences)