Frederick August Dambelis

Born 26.02.1884   Place Riga, Latvia    Ethnic origin Latvian    Religion Church of England

Father Dambelis, Stephans      Mother -

Residence before arrival at Australia was in England for 11 years

Arrived at Australia

            from London   on 3.12.1913     per Indrapurra    disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Sydney

Occupation 1918 motor driver and rigger, 1926 gas employee

Family wife Mary Raymond Dambelis, died in 1924, one child

Service

service number 86790   enlisted 2.03.1918 POE Sydney

unit Australian Flying Corps   rank 2nd class Air Mechanic

place Depot     discharged 31.12.1918

Naturalisation 1926

Residence after the war Sydney

Died 20.02.1950

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

Investigation Branch file (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

The Australian Flying Corps was an élite unit and a small group of Russians was regarded as being sufficiently trustworthy to serve in it. They included three former seamen — Eloranta, Juckham and Tomrop — who served in the 1st Flying Squadron in Egypt. Edward Sevald, from Riga, who had studied at aviation school in Russia, had a successful career with the 3rd Flying Squadron in France as a sergeant mechanic. Frederick Dambelis, also from Riga, a former rigger who ‘understood motor car driving’, became an air-mechanic (2nd class).

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