Russian AnzacsMorris Preshner
| Born | 5.09.1893 |
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| Place | Warsaw, Poland |
| Ethnic origin | Jewish |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Father | Samuel Preshner |
| Family | Wife Bertha Preshner (nee Luscombe), married 1924, stepson Jack Eric Slack (1913-1926) |
| Residence before arrival at Australia | Left Poland for London with parents when he was 3 years old, lived in London for 17 years |
| Arrived at Australia |
from London on 08.1913 per Hawkes Bay disembarked at Melbourne |
| Residence before enlistment | Melbourne |
| Occupation | 1916 porter, commercial traveller, 1926 draper, 1929 salesman |
| Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject, applied 1929 |
| Residence after the war | Sydney, Melbourne |
| Died | 1.07.1955, Melbourne |
Service #1
| Service number | 2893 |
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| Enlisted | 20.09.1916 |
| Place of enlistment | Melbourne |
| Unit | 37th Battalion, 39th Battalion |
| Rank | Private |
| Place | Western Front, 1917-1919 |
| Casualties | WIA 1918 |
| Final fate | RTA 27.05.1919 |
| Discharged | 28.08.1919 MU |
Materials
Naturalisation 1 2 (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Personal case file 1 2 (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com