Victor Romul Sylvester Vort-Ronald
Alias | Victor Vort |
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Russian spelling | Виктор Ворт |
Born | 28.04.1884 or 1885 |
Place | St Petersburg, Russia (also gave birthplace as Guerre or Brisson, France) |
Ethnic origin | Russian / French / Scottish? |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Father | Gregory Samuel Vort; Scottish |
Mother | Dolores Vort; French |
Family | Family wife Hilda Olive Vort (née Hoskins), married 1916; sons Eugene Romul b.1916, Ron b.1919 |
Residence before arrival at Australia | Education: Commercial college (accountancy, book-keeping, auditing); three years University attendance (commerce, political economy, history & philology). Fought in the Russo-Japanese War, in 1915 was ill in Japan |
Arrived at Australia |
on 1915 (?) |
Residence before enlistment | Adelaide |
Occupation | 'Formerly interpreter', 1915 clerk |
Naturalisation | Served as British subject |
Residence after the war | 1919 Port Pirie, SA, 1924 Barmera |
Died | 8.01.1927, Adelaide (suicided) |
Service #1
Service number | 2699 |
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Enlisted | 14.04.1915 |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, SA |
Unit | 10th Battalion, Pay Corps, HQ, London, 10th Battalion |
Rank | Private, Temporary Corporal, Corporal |
Place | England, 1916-1918 |
Final fate | RTA 12.03.1918 |
Discharged | 28.06.1918 MU |
Materials
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised army pay file (NAA)
Digitised RAAF file (NAA)
RAAF discharge (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Death from drowning. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA), 15 January 1927, p. 15