Alexei Tolparoff
Russian spelling | Алексей Толпаров |
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Born | 15.05.1884 |
Place | Salugardan, Ossetia, the Caucasus |
Ethnic origin | Ossetian |
Religion | Russian Orthodox |
Arrived at Australia |
on 14.05.1912 |
Residence before enlistment | Port Pirie, SA |
Occupation | Farmer & barman, worked at Broken Hill Associated Smelters |
Naturalisation | Served as Russian subject |
Residence after the war | Adelaide, Victoria (?) |
Service #1
Service number | 4891 |
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Enlisted | 7.10.1915 |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide |
Unit | 10th Battalion, 50th Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Western Front, 1916-1917 |
Casualties | WIA 1917, POW 1918 |
Final fate | RTA 5.03.1919 |
Discharged | 10.06.1919 |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised Red Cross wounded and missing file (AWM)
Red Cross POW file (AWM)
South Australian Red Cross Information Bureau file
Army pay file (NAA)
Alien registration (NAA)
Publications
Елена Говор, Осетинские анзаки. - Северная Осетия, 14 сентября 2007.
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Returning soldiers. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 5 May 1919, p. 3
Rental of fishing boat. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 20 November 1920, p. 2
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
[...] in April [1916] the Mongolia brought ten Russians from South Australia, among them five Ossetians from the Port Pirie smelters who had joined up together in October 1915 -- Soltanoff, Gasieff, Mamsuroff, Dezantoff, and Tolparoff.
[...] Three of the remaining Ossetians from Port Pirie who enlisted together were among the casualties [at Villers-Bretonneux]: Moss Malsag Mamsuroff was killed, Alexei Tolparoff was taken prisoner, and Bekza Boris Dezantoff was wounded.
From Roger Freeman, Hurcombe's Hungry Half Hundred:
Private Gilbert Jacob's letter: 'It is fine to get back and see some of the old boys again. There was ce bon Tolparoff and Steve A and Scotty Gordon, my oldest pal...' (p.124)