Peter Antipanoff, a clerk from Nizhni Novgorod, came to Australia from the Russian Far East in 1913.
He enlisted in the AIF in Queensland, most likely in Rockhampton, but was soon discharged; his service records have not been found.
After that he moved to Sydney with another unsuccessful enlistee, Gooshia, and worked as a labourer in Broken Hill and Queensland; in May 1918 he left for Russia.
Jack Chopovsky (his name was also written as Jopowsky), who gave his place of origin as an the unrecognisable Ceaorowe, came to Australia in 1912 and worked as a smelter in Mount Morgan.
Enlisting in the AIF in Rockhampton, he was discharged a few days later as medically unfit.
After that he lived in North Queensland, applying to leave for Russia, but most likely stayed in Australia with his Russian wife Anastasia Ezersky.
John Elfimoff, a Russian from Samara, came to Australia from the Russian Far East in 1913. He was accompanied by his wife Domna and a son. By the time of his enlistment in the AIF he was working as a miner in Mount Morgan and had three children.
When his wife eloped with another Russian, John enlisted in the AIF, but was discharged a few days later as medically unfit.
After the war he lived in North Queensland working as a labourer and miner. In 1921 he had plans to return to Russia, but his destiny is unknown.
Garacime Gooshia (he also used name Gooshen), a Russian from Tomsk in Siberia, came to Australia in 1912 and worked in Mount Morgan.
He enlisted in the AIF with the group of Russians in Rockhampton, but was discharged as medically unfit.
After the war he worked in Mount Mulligan and was married to a Russian woman, Anna Petroff; in 1925 he died of tuberculosis, which he developed from his work in copper mines.
Stephen Provaka, from Surazh in Chernigov Province, came to Australia in 1914 from the Russian Far East and worked as a miner in Mount Morgan. His original name was Stepan Proiavka and he served in the AIF under this name.
He was the only one in the group of Russians who enlisted in the AIF in Rockhampton who saw active service on the Western Front, where he served with the 25th Battalion.
After the war he wanted to return to Russia, but later married an Australian girl, Bertha Finnimore, and their family lived in Brisbane.
Russian Anzacs