Alik Ostrinko
Alias Osmirko (WWI service), Alex / Alexay Zinovich Ostrinko (Ostrin, Ostren) (naturalisation)
Russian spelling
Александр Зиновьевич Остринко
Born 1895
Place Monastyrishche, Poltava, Ukraine
Ethnic origin Ukrainian
Religion Roman Catholic
Father Zinovy Nikiforovich Osmirko [Ostrinko]
Mother Daria Vaselunko [Vasilenko]
Family
Wife Mabel Elizabeth Sievers, married 1928
Arrived at Australia
from Siberia
on 11.10.1912
per Empire
disembarked at Brisbane
Residence before enlistment Brisbane, NSW
Occupation 1915 labourer; 1928 photographer
Service (Depot)
service number 1285
enlisted 26.03.1915
POE Liverpool, NSW
unit 20th Battalion
rank Private
final fate Deserted 3.06.1915
Naturalisation 1928
Residence after the war Brisbane, Mackay, Rockhampton, Ayr, Home Hill, Qld
Died 1.06.1989, Townsville, Qld
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA) (Ostrinko)
Digitised service records (NAA) (Osmirko)
Alien registration (NAA) (Ostrinko)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Ayr notes. - Townsville Daily Bulletin, 24 January 1930, p. 5.
Photographic studio. - The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, 12 November 1938