Leonard Noweetsky

Russian spelling Леонард Новицкий

Born 1891     Place Zhmerinka, Podolsk, Ukraine     Ethnic origin Ukrainian     Religion Roman Catholic

Father -     Mother Neselovsky, Sophia

Arrived at Australia

Residence before enlistment -

Occupation draughtsman

Service

service number 532     enlisted 8.04.1915     POE Rockhampton, Qld

unit 26th Battalion       rank Driver

place Gallipoli, 1915

final fate killed in an accident 24.01.1916 at Tel-el-Kebir

cemetery details 16 Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

Roll of Honour card (AWM)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Leonard Noweetsky, a former draughtsman, survived Gallipoli only to be killed at Tel-el-Kebir (Egypt) in a bizarre accident when a roller got loose as he was attaching horses to it. The Board of Inquiry found no one was to blame. Noweetsky’s personal effects — a language book, letters, photos, papers — never reached his mother in Zmerinka (Ukraine). His name on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial and a thin file with a few pages detailing his service in the AIF are all that remain of him.

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