Russian AnzacsAlbert Michael Tober
| Alias | Enlisted as Michael Tober, reenlisted as Albert Michael Tober; surname could be Toberoff according to family memoirs |
|---|---|
| Russian spelling | Михаил Альбертович Тобер |
| Born | 17.03.1890 |
| Place | Volyn, Ukraine |
| Ethnic origin | Russian / German? |
| Religion | 1915 Russian Orthodox, 1917 Church of England |
| Father | Albert Tober |
| Mother | Martha Tober (née Stron) |
| Family | wife Lily Teresa Tober (née Lawler), married 1917; sons Albert aka Jim, b.1920, Patrick James b.1921, daughters Mary Joan b. 1923 and Olga |
| Arrived at Australia |
from Hamburg on 26.05.1913 per Goslar disembarked at Sydney |
| Residence before enlistment | Adelaide, Melbourne |
| Occupation | seaman, 1915 blacksmith, 1917 motor driver and mechanic, 1949 carpenter |
| Naturalisation | 1929 |
| Residence after the war | 1921 Yalwal, NSW, 1926 Canberra, Captains Flat, 1928 Cecil Park via Liverpool, 1939 Sydney, 1949 Canberra, 1956 Albury |
| Died | 07.1960 Sydney |
Service #1
| Service number | 2226 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted | 27.02.1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Keswick, SA |
| Unit | 10th Battalion |
| Rank | Private |
| Place | Gallipoli, 1915 |
| Final fate | RTA 11.03.1916 |
| Discharged | 4.07.1916 MU |
Service #2 – Depot
| Enlisted | 24.01.1917 |
|---|---|
| Place of enlistment | Melbourne |
| Unit | engineers reinforcements |
| Rank | Private |
| Discharged | 22.08.1917 MU |
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA) (Albert Michael Tober)
Application for naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Amy payfile (NAA)
Personal case file 1 2 3 4 (NAA)
Digitised Investigation Branch file (NAA)
TOBER, Albert Michael In: A Land Fit for Heroes? A History of Soldier Settlement in New South Wales, 1916-1939
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Official correspondence. - Queanbeyan-Canberra Advocate, 26 February 1925, p. 2.
At the police court. - Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer, 22 September 1925, p. 3.
"Had a feast". Car collides with pole. - Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, 13 January 1930, p. 1.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Albert Michael Tober [...], a former seaman invalided back to Australia after Gallipoli, [...] married in 1917 and had four children; even so, from time to time he would wander off, working on various construction projects. According to his granddaughter Janice: 'He was versatile and worked at engineering (at the Wyangala Dam project), carpentry (cedar panelling at Parliament House, Canberra) and farming (innovative heated market-garden for early tomatoes) amongst other things'. Her grandfather, she added, was 'a man who could put up a tent, do anything, and could do very good cooking. Dad spent a lot of time with his father -- his mother and father sort of separated; pop went his way, a tent in the bush, you know, and he took dad with him, and dad was 14 or 15. And dad learnt a lot of the ways of grandfather.'
Gallery
Michael Tober
South Australia State Library