Max Tortsan
Alias | on 14.01.1918 was charged under the name of David Burke |
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Born | 12.12.1898 |
Place | Nesvizh (?), Belarus |
Ethnic origin | Jewish |
Religion | Jewish |
Father | Isidore Tortsan |
Mother | Rachel Tortsan |
Family | Wife Beda Tortsan (nee Shannon); wife Ethel Maude Tortsan (née Edwards), married 1942 |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Served in Capetown Highlanders in German West Africa |
Arrived at Australia |
from South Africa on 22.08.1915 per Nestor disembarked at Sydney |
Residence before enlistment | Sydney |
Occupation | 1915 tailor; 1916 miner; 1940 steward, 1948 salesman |
Naturalisation | 1948 |
Residence after the war | Sydney |
Died | 14.09.1974, Sydney; buried Rookwood Cemetery |
Service #1 – Depot
Service number | 3957 |
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Enlisted | 31.08.1915 |
Place of enlistment | Holsworthy, NSW |
Unit | 2nd Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Discharged | 29.12.1915 as undesirable |
Service #2
Service number | 6127 |
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Enlisted | 17.05.1916 |
Place of enlistment | Sydney |
Unit | 1st Battalion, 1st MG Battalion |
Rank | Private |
Place | Western Front, 1918 |
Final fate | RTA 23.08.1919 |
Discharged | 12.11.1919 |
Service #3 – WWII
Service number | N72608 |
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Enlisted | 14.05.1940 |
Place of enlistment | Paddington, NSW |
Unit | 11 GB |
Rank | Private |
Discharged | 27.10.1943 |
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA) (Tortsan)
Digitised WWI service records (NAA) (Tortson)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM) (Fortsan - in error)
Court martial file 1 2 (NAA) (Tortsan & Tortson)
Records of the Assistant Provost Marshal (AWM) (Tortsan)
WWII service records (NAA) (Tortsan)
Gallery

Photograph courtesy of Ben Hirsh