William Kalinovsky

Alias Kalin (since the early 1920s)    Lithuanian spelling Kalinauskas   Russian spelling Владимир Матвеевич Калиновский    

Born 1893    Place Zhagary, (Zhagare), Lithuania      Ethnic origin Lithuanian       Religion Roman Catholic

Father Kalinovsky, Matthew        Mother Matuz, Elizabeth

Residence before arrival at Australia left home at 14, worked on ships as cook*, lived 3 years in Chicago, USA

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Qld

Occupation 1916 tailor's cutter, after the war worked in Tasmania as a court translator; tailor; "In the early days William "travelled the bush" selling suits,
before settling in Brisbane and opening his own business. He had several stores"*.

Service

service number 3119   enlisted 29.09.1916   POE Cloncurry, Qld

unit 4th Pioneer Battalion; 12th Battalion, 21st MG Company   rank Private, Lance Corporal

place Western Front, 1917-1919

final fate RTA 18.12.1919       discharged 25.03.1920

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war visited Lithuania; USA, Tasmania, Broken Hill, Melbourne, Newcastle, Brisbane*

Family 1924 married Clarisse McFeeters, son Ross b. 1925

Died 1936

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

The Baltic peoples in Australia: Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians / B. & A. Birskys, A. Putniņš and I. Salasoo, Melbourne : AE Press, 1986, p.12

* Information from Ross Kalin.

From The Baltic peoples in Australia:

Kalinauskas was an interpreter with the AIF in France. After the war he moved from one Eastern state capital to another until he set himself up as a tailor in Brisbane.

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