George Diaconescu

Alias Dekosesko, Dekoseko, Diaconoeyesco, Diacunescu, Diakonesoff

Born 29.10.1874    Place Roman (Rouman), Romania   Ethnic/cultural origin Rumanian/Russian             Religion Greek Church

Father Diaconescu, George (Eonei)    Mother Diaconescu, Pathitsa (Pakisca)

Residence before arrival at Australia 3 years in Romanian Army, 5 years in Manchuria

Arrived at Australia

            from Manchuria   on 29.04.1914     per Eastern   disembarked at Brisbane

Residence before enlistment Brisbane

Occupation barber

Service

service number 475   enlisted 6.07.1915 POE Brisbane

unit 31st Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916      casualties WIA 1916

final fate RTA 1.11.1917       discharged 7.02.1918

Naturalisation 1931

Residence after the war Brisbane, Cooroy, 1930 Charleville, Kilcoy

Wife Hannah Diaconescu, b. Cork, Ireland, 1873

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA) (Dekoseko)

Wildman, Owen, Queenslanders who fought in the Great War, [1919]

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

George Diaconescu served in the Romanian army (although a member of the Brisbane Russian community and enlisting in the AIF as a Russian subject, he was originally from Romania).

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