William Kolesnikov

Alias Koles     Russian spelling Владимир Колесников

Born 7.03.1880      Place Surazh, Peretin, Chernigov (now Briansk), Western Russia     Ethnic origin Russian            Religion Church of England

Father -      Mother Kolesnikov Justinia

Arrived at Australia

            from Russia  on 12.04.1907     per Neva     disembarked at Fremantle

Residence before enlistment Narrogin, Kalgoorlie, Perth, Fremantle, Sydney

Occupation 1911 labourer, 1916 hotel useful

Service

service number 2681   enlisted 24.05.1916   POE Sydney

unit 55th Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1916-1917       casualties WIA 1917

final fate RTA 8.08.1918       discharged 27.02.1919 MU

Naturalisation 1911

Materials digitised naturalisation file (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA) (Koles aka Kolesnickov)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

William Kolesnikov, from Peretin in the Ukraine, had [...] horrific wounds [at Polygon Wood, 1917] — as well as wounds to his left arm, his jaw and mandible were fractured and his tongue was shot away. Yan Soolcovsky, a Gallipoli veteran who had been wounded previously at Mouquet Farm, now lost an arm at Polygon Wood. In 1920 he died in Brisbane with his fiancée at his side. Was there anybody to look after Kolesnikov? I could find no one.

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