Militan Schatkowski (Oldham)
Alias 14.02.1918 assumed name Oldham; death certificate: Milton Schatkowski (known as Milton Oldham)
Russian spelling
Милитан Иосифович Шатковский
Born 20.11.1891
Place Plotely (Plateliai), Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania
Ethnic origin Polish / German
Religion Presbyterian
Father Joseph Schatkowski
Mother Hürschulle Gerdt (Antwerp Police records); Olga (Militan's death records)
Family
Wife Isabella Burgess Oldham (1891-1937), married 1918 in England, came to Australia in 1919, returned to England in 1920; daughter Cecily Olga Oldham (b. 1920, Sydney - d. 2002 Oxford, England); son Joseph Milton Oldham (b. 1921 London - d. 2000 Exeter, England) - information from grandson Michael Oldham
Residence before arrival at Australia Lived in the British Empire since 1908
Arrived at Australia
on 07.1914
Residence before enlistment Stockton, Newcastle
Occupation 1914 seaman, 1938 wharf labourer
Service service number 1632
enlisted 30.11.1914
POE Liverpool, NSW
unit 2nd Battalion, 54th Battalion, 2nd Battalion, Adm HQ, attached to Australian Red Cross, Old Bailey, London
rank Private
place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916; England 1917-1919
final fate RTA 4.06.1919
discharged 28.09.1919 MU
Naturalisation 1919 in the UK
Residence after the war Sydney
Died 29.11.1938 Sydney
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM) (Schatokwski)
Naturalisation file and certificate 1 2 (National Archives, UK)
[Antwerp Police Immigration records 1](http://russiananzacs.net/upload/1912-1Schatkowski Antwerp.jpg) [2](http://russiananzacs.net/upload/1912-2Schatkowski Antwerp.jpg) (Ancestry.com)
Blog articles
Michael John Oldham, 'Militan's War and Other Hurdles'
Militan Schatkowski, my paternal grandfather, served as a Russian Anzac during WWI and this month, November 2014, marks the centenary of his enlistment. Before Armistice Day he had changed his name to Militan Oldham.... Full text