Samuel Britain

Alias Britian

Born 25.05.1896    Place Vilna, Lithuania    Ethnic origin Jewish    Religion Jewish

Father Britin, Abraham     Mother -

Arrived at Australia

Residence before enlistment Melbourne

Occupation 1917, 1921 cutter and designer, 1942 clothing manufacturer

Service

service number 341A   enlisted 19.06.1916   POE Melbourne

unit 12th MG Company, 11th MG Company   rank Private

place Western Front, 1917

final fate RTA 10.09.1917       discharged 19.12.1917 MU

Naturalisation 1942

Residence after the war Melbourne

Wife died 1923, daughter Jean Britain, b. 1923

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

With the new war [WWII] starting, some of the Russian Anzacs who were not naturalised [...] found their status once again became an issue for them, creating problems and driving many of them to regularise their situation, resulting in the third peak of naturalisations. ‘Since serving with the AIF applicant understood he was a British subject’, a policeman noted about one of them, Samuel Britain, adding that ‘he is usually regarded as an Australian’.

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