Alexander Gedwillo came from Riga in Latvia and was of Polish ethnic origin. He probably came to Australia as a seaman and lived in New South Wales working as a carpenter.
He served in the AIF in Field Ambulance on the Western Front and was killed in the Somme battle in December 1916.
Evan Kozakoff from Moscow came to Australia having behind 4 years of Russian Army service. He was an engine driver by trade.
Enlisting in the AIF he was appointed as a nurse on the hospital ship Karoola, worked in the Clearing Station in Gallipoli, but upon reaching Western Front he was discharged for insufficient knowledge of English.