Andre Tolstoi
Russian spelling | Андрей Владимирович Толстой |
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Born | 21.06.1873 |
Place | Warsaw, Poland |
Ethnic origin | Russian |
Religion | none |
Father | William Tolstoi |
Mother | Hiline Tolstoi |
Family | Wife Agnes Madeline Rosina Tolstoi (née Tucker), married 1905; daughter Agnes, b. 1907, lived at Rockhampton |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Was well educated in France, served in the French Army |
Arrived at Australia |
from Spain on 12.03.1900 per Windsor disembarked at Wollongong, NSW |
Residence before enlistment | Boolboonda, Ambrose, Qld |
Occupation | miner and sugar-cane farmer |
Naturalisation | 1912 |
Service #1
Service number | 5760 |
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Enlisted | 29.01.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Enoggera, Qld |
Unit | 15th Battalion |
Rank | Private, Acting Corporal |
Place | Western Front, 1916-1917 |
Final fate | KIA 11.04.1917 |
Memorial | 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised Red Cross wounded and missing file (AWM)
Digitised Roll of Honour circular (AWM)
Overpayment to Widow of A. Tolstoi (digitised file) (NAA)
Repatriation Medical case file (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Boolboonda gold field. - The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser, 28 September 1909, p. 2.
Boolboonda. Development of the field. - The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser, 1 December 1909, p. 4.
Boolboonda gold field. - The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser, 25 January 1911, p. 4.
A Mt. Perry mining matter. - The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser, 10 April 1911, p. 2.
Andre Tolstoi. Aux armes! - Daily Standard, Brisbane, 15 December 1915, p. 4.
Andre Tolstoi. Aux armes. To the editor. - Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, 15 December 1915, p. 7.
Local and general news. - Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, 6 October 1917, p. 6.
Personal notes. - The Brisbane Courier, 8 October 1917, p. 7.
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Andre Tolstoi, born in Warsaw but brought up in France, had served in the French army before enlisting in the AIF. After he was reported missing in action at Bullecourt, his comrades stated at the court of enquiry that his body bore the scars of several wounds received in other wars. [...] His wife Agnes for a long time refused to believe that he was dead, hoping that he had been taken prisoner -- but he never returned.