Russian AnzacsPeter Sterlesky
| Alias | Sterletsky, Strelitsky |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Петр Иванович Стерлецкий |
| Born | 29.06.1886 |
| Place | Ievlevo, Tiumen, Tobolsk, Russia |
| Ethnic origin | Russian |
| Religion | Russian Orthodox |
| Father | John Sterletsky |
| Mother | Annie Sterletsky (née Spiridonoff) |
| Family | Wife Isabella Esther Sterlesky (née Stephens), married 1926; daughters Myra, Yvonne, Irene, Jean, son Peter James Sterlesky |
| Arrived at Australia |
from Far East on 13.10.1912 per Kumano Maru disembarked at Brisbane |
| Residence before enlistment | Brisbane |
| Occupation | 1916 labourer; after army: labourer, lengthsman |
| Naturalisation | 1920 |
| Residence after the war | Brisbane, Blackall, Brisbane, Jambin, Nonda via Richmond, Monkland via Gympie, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Rockhampton, Qld |
| Died | 18.05.1953, Rockhampton |
Service #1
| Service number | 5917 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 25.07.1916 |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane |
| Unit | 26th Battalion |
| Rank | Private |
| Place | Western Front, 1917-1918 |
| Casualties | WIA (gassed) 1917 |
| Final fate | RTA 2.01.1919 |
| Discharged | 3.04.1919 MU |
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA) (Sterlkesky - in error)
Digitised service records (NAA) (Sterletsky)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Repatriation Medical case file (NAA) (Sterletsky)
Alien registration (NAA) (Sterlesky)
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Jambin news. - Evening News, Rockhampton, 27 August 1925, p. 5.
Northern miner. - Northern Miner, Charters Towers, 29 December 1927, p. 2.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
[...] when Peter Sterlesky applied for naturalisation soon after repatriation, his police report said, 'The applicant is not known to the Russians about Brisbane, as he does not fraternize with them'. It added that Sterlesky's reason for not registering as an alien was 'he was informed by other returned soldiers, that as he was a returned soldier, he need not do so' -- which, itself, suggests that he already belonged to the world of his war comrades. He worked all his life for the Queensland Railways as a lengthsman and it is not surprising to find other signs of being part of this other world, like his appointment as justice of the peace, in 1929.
Gallery
Peter Sterletsky
Courtesy of Jack Carlos