Wolf Dorfman

Russian spelling Вольф Дорфман

Born 15.12.1886   Place Rovno, Ukraine    Ethnic origin Jewish   Religion Jewish

Father Dorfman, Mordko            Mother Dorfman, Haia Dveira

Residence before arrival at Australia served in the Russian Imperial Army for 3 years

Arrived at Australia

            from Russia  on 5.05.1915     per Nikko Maru   disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Sydney

Occupation 1915 commercial traveller, clerk, 1931 merchant, engaged in trade with Far East

Service

service number 4477   enlisted 21.06.1915   POE Liverpool, Sydney

unit 13th Battalion, 54th Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916       casualties MIA, POW 1916-1918

final fate RTA 5.03.1919       discharged 12.06.1919

Naturalisation 1919

Residence after the war 1919-23 visits from Australia to England, the Continent and the Far East, since 1922 lived in China for 4 years, in Melbourne since 21.03.1927

Wife Emilie Dorfman, daughter Betty Dorfman

Died 6.05.1969

Materials digitised naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

digitised Red Cross wounded and missing file (AWM)

Statements made by prisoners of war: ... 4477 Dorfman (AWM)

Red Cross POW file (AWM)

Investigation branch file (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

[...] from stories like Wolf Dorfman’s, we can see that conscription usually had the same uprooting effect on Jews that it did on others. Dorfman failed to return home to Rovno (now in Ukraine), remaining in the Far East, after his period of service; in 1915 he migrated to Queensland.

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