Frank Jeschek

Born 1886     Place Warsaw, Poland

Ethnic origin German/Pole?   Religion Roman Catholic

Arrived at Australia 1908

Residence before enlistment Tasmania

Occupation sailor, general labourer

Service

service number 6753   enlisted 18.07.1916   POE Claremont, Tasmania

unit 12th Battalion   rank Private

place England, 1916-1917

final fate RTA 6.04.1917       discharged 15.08.1918 MU

cemetery details Cornelian Bay Hobart R Cath CCX 172

Naturalisation

Residence after the war Tasmania

Died 23.08.1919, Newtown, Tasmania

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

allotment file (NAA)

alien registration 1   2  (NAA)

Roll of Honour card (AWM)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

 A soldier’s Russian origin and language problems did not always provoke negative reactions, however; on the contrary, it sometimes evoked a compassionate response, for instance on the part of medical officials. Frank Jeschek, a former seaman from Warsaw, probably of German origin, became ill after enlisting in the AIF in Tasmania. The medical correspondence on his case is accompanied by a brief note, ‘Jeschek is a Russian. and a good man’. Unfortunately, he did not live long; he developed tuberculosis while in camp in England, was invalided back to Australia and died in Tasmania in 1919.

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