Russian AnzacsYan Soolkovsky
| Alias | Jan, John; Soolcovsky |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Ян Сулковский |
| Born | 14.05.1890 |
| Place | Mlava, Plotsk, Poland |
| Ethnic origin | Polish |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox & Roman Catholic |
| Contacts | Walter Kalasnikoff |
| Residence before arrival at Australia | Was apprentice in Russia for 2 years |
| Arrived at Australia |
from Far East on 25.03.1914 per Kumano Maru disembarked at Townsville, Qld |
| Residence before enlistment | Mount Pleasant, Gympie, Qld |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
| Residence after the war | Brisbane |
| Died | 14.04.1920 Brisbane General Hospital (Meningitis, heart failure) |
Service #1
| Service number | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 13.01.1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane |
| Unit | 9th Battalion, 49th Battalion |
| Rank | Private |
| Place | Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916-1917 |
| Casualties | WIA 1916, 1917 |
| Final fate | RTA 30.01.1918 |
| Discharged | 25.04.1918 MU (left hand amputated) |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Alien registration (NAA)
Medical case file (NAA)
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Russians who joined the army together, or who met up at training camp, would often embark together. Six Russians from Brisbane, for instance -- the journalists Chirvin and Fedorovich, the engineer Romanovsky, the labourer Domilovsky, the former revolutionary turned cane-cutter Rosalieff, and the butcher Soolcovsky -- all ended up together in the 9th Battalion's 5th reinforcement, departing on the Kyarra on 16 April 1915, along with Korotcoff, a cane-cutter from Port Douglas.
[...] William Kolesnikov, from Peretin in the Ukraine, had [...] horrific wounds [at Polygon Wood, 1917] -- as well as wounds to his left arm, his jaw and mandible were fractured and his tongue was shot away. Yan Soolcovsky, a Gallipoli veteran who had been wounded previously at Mouquet Farm, now lost an arm at Polygon Wood. In 1920 he died in Brisbane with his fiancée at his side. Was there anybody to look after Kolesnikov? I could find no one.
Gallery
Yan Soolkovsky
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 20 February 1915, p. 23
John Soolkovsky
South Brisbane Cemetery (Australian Cemeteries Index)