Alexander Oders

Born 22.11.1894     Place Pärnu, Estonia     Ethnic origin Estonian     Religion 1916 Greek Catholic (i.e. Russian Orthodox); 1940 Church of England

Father Oders, Andrew     Mother Kartan, Mary

Residence before arrival at Australia After leaving Estonia was at sea for 3 years

Arrived at Australia

            from Montevideo     on 12.1913     per Sardhana     disembarked at Geraldton, WA (deserted)

Residence before enlistment Fremantle, was mostly at sea between 1913-1916

Occupation 1916 labourer; 1936, 1940 fitter's assistant

Service

service number 7039     enlisted 5.05.1916     POE Perth

unit 11th  Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1917-1919      casualties WIA (gassed) 1918

final fate RTA 21.06.1919       discharged 10.09.1919

Naturalisation 1936

Residence after the war Nedlands (Perth)

Family wife Constance Evelyne Oders (née Wakeman), married 1918 in England; children: Dora Constance b.1921; Robert Alexander (Alexander Robert), b. 1921; Evelyn Mary, b.1924; Dennis Armand, b. 1926; June Hazel, b.1930; Ronald Andrew, b.1932

WWII served 1941-1946, W/Comd L T D

Materials naturalisation (NAA) (Orders)

digitised WWI service records (NAA) (cover only)

Investigation Branch file (NAA)

WWII service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Alexander Oders, who had already served on the Western Front with the 1st AIF, was one of the first to enlist in this new war [Second World War]. He had married in England and was now living in Western Australia with his large family, three of whom, his two eldest sons and one daughter, soon followed him into the armed forces. His son Robert Alexander was a prisoner-of-war for three years in Malaya and Thailand.

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