Anthony Minkshlin

Alias Mintshlinz, Minkslin, Mintshlin     Russian spelling Антоний Минкшлин

Born 1893      Place Libava (Liepaja), Latvia   Ethnic origin Latvian/Lithuanian/Pole?      Religion Roman Catholic

Father Minkshlin, William, in Vidzy, Lithuania/Belarus     Mother -

Residence before arrival at Australia served in the Russian Army

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Melbourne

Occupation 1915 seaman

Service

service number 1328   enlisted 3.08.1915 POE Melbourne

unit 4th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Anzac Mounted Regiment, 13th Light Horse Regiment   rank Trooper

place Western Front, 1916-1918

discharged 20.07.1919 in London, joined Russian Relief Force, served in 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, awarded Meritorious Service Medal

final fate RTA 15.10.1921

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war 1921 Liepaja, Latvia, 1935 Sydney

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

medals awarded (digitised file) (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

[...] five Russians enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment, mostly as interpreters, and served with the North Russian Relief Force: Alex Alexandroff, from Vladivostok (a former cook), Robert Meerin and Anthony Minkshlin, from the Baltic region (both former seamen), Ivan Odliff, from Nizhny Novgorod (a former boiler-maker), and Paul Smirnoff, a 19-year-old former miner from Vologda, northern Russia. Richard Gregorenko planned to join them but later changed his mind and returned to Australia. They arrived in Archangel in summer 1919 and fought against the pro-Bolshevik forces in the area until the final evacuation of Allied forces a year later. Minkshlin was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal for this campaign.

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