John Elfimoff

Russian spelling Иван ??????????? Елфимов

Born 15.10.1875      Place Samara, Volga River area, Russia    Ethnic origin Russian    Religion Russian Orthodox

Father Grigory Elfimoff

Family wife Domna Elfimoff, son Pavel (arrived with him from Russia), daughter Olga b. 1914, son Peter b. 1915

Arrived at Australia

            from Moji       on 29.06.1913     per Nikko Maru     disembarked at Brisbane

Residence before enlistment Mt Morgan

Occupation labourer, miner

Service

service number    enlisted 17.02.1916   POE Rockhampton

rank Private     place Depot

discharged 24.02.1916 MU

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war 1916 Cloncurry, 1917 Kuridala, Mt Cuthbert, Duchess, Cloncurry, 1918 Selwyn, 1919 Cairns, Tarzali, Gordonvale, Townsville, Mt Mulligan, 1921, Cairns, Innisfail, Gordonvale, Sydney, Newcastle

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

There were [...] men with ethnic Russian families who joined up [...]. There were also the occasional family tragedies, like John Elfimoff’s. He was a miner from Mount Morgan and had three children; his wife eloped with another Russian, which probably pushed John, who was already over 40 years old, into enlisting.

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