Victor Ivan Mikolaizyk

Russian spelling Виктор Иванович Миколайчик

Born 21.07.1893       Place Käina, Dago (Hiiumaa), Estonia; or Kronstadt, near St Petersburg, North-Western Russia

Ethnic origin Russian/Estonian     Religion Roman Catholic

Father Mikolaizyk, Ivan (Russian)            Mother (Estonian)

Residence before arrival at Australia was in Russian reserve for 3 years; after leaving Russia was in England for 2 years

Arrived at Australia

            from Rio de Janeiro    on 2.04.1913     per Howding      disembarked at Melbourne

Residence before enlistment Sydney

Occupation 1917 winch driver, 1941 seaman

Service

service number 7739   enlisted 10.05.1917   POE Sydney

unit 2nd Battalion   rank Private

place Western Front, 1918-1919

final fate RTA 6.07.1919       discharged 20.09.1919

Naturalisation 1941

Residence after the war Sydney

Died 12.06.1951

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Victor Mikolaizyk, a former seaman whose occupation was given as winch-driver at enlistment, lost his discharge certificate in 1925 ‘in the camp at the time of bush fires in Dungowan NSW’; a few years later, when he resumed seafaring, he again lost it — this time ‘lost at sea when SS Brolga was sunk off Victorian coast in 1927 or 28’.

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