Saveliy Tkachenko
Alias | Savelly |
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Russian spelling | Савелий Авксентьевич Ткаченко |
Born | 3.10.1894 |
Place | Gusiatin, Kamenets-Podolskii, Ukraine |
Ethnic origin | Ukrainian |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Father | Aksenti Tkachenko |
Mother | Pelahia Sakevech [Sakevich] |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Lived in Siberia for 6 months |
Arrived at Australia |
from Dairen on 27.10.1913 per St Albans disembarked at Townsville |
Residence before enlistment | Townsville, Brisbane |
Occupation | Labourer |
Naturalisation | 1937 |
Residence after the war | Brisbane |
Died | 24.10.1985, Queensland |
Service #1
Service number | 1004A |
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Enlisted | 8.03.1915 |
Place of enlistment | Townsville, Qld |
Unit | 25th Battalion, 26th Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916-1918 |
Casualties | Wounded 1915 (self-inflicted) |
Final fate | RTA 28.03.1919 |
Discharged | 27.07.1919 |
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised naturalisation certificate (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA) (Tkachenro)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM) (Tkackanko)
Court martial file 1 2 3 (digitised, p. 67) 4 (NAA)
Blog article
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
A former railway labourer, a Ukrainian, Saveliy Tkachenko (25th Battalion) shot off the index finger on his right hand early on the morning of 4 November [1915]. He had already been a few months on Gallipoli at this stage and had only just returned from hospital, where he was suffering from nerves. Along with other soldiers who had self-inflicted wounds, Tkachenko was tried by court-martial. His commanding officer characterised Tkachenko as an 'indifferent soldier', and stressed that he 'has been hard to understand, not being conversant with the English language. He is of Russian nationality.' His self-inflicted wound did not in any case help him to get out of the army: by that stage every man was needed. Later, in France, Tkachenko would try more than once to desert; he was even sentenced once to 'Penal servitude for life', although the sentence was suspended not long after and he was sent back to the trenches.