Steven Orloff

Alias Stephen     Russian spelling Степан Александрович Орлов

Born 25.11.1885     Place Plashkins, Ostrov, Pskov, North-Western Russia     Ethnic origin Russian     Religion Church of Christ

Father Orloff, Alexander     Mother Sergeiff, Epimia (Efermia)

Arrived at Australia

            from Vladivostok     on 8.12.1912     per Nikko Maru     disembarked at Brisbane

Residence before enlistment Brisbane, Cairns, Yamba, Masonic Hike, Rockhampton, Qld

Occupation 1912 blacksmith; 1916, 1947 labourer

Service

service number 2372     enlisted  5.05.1916     POE Rockhampton, Qld

unit 42nd Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1917       casualties WIA 1917

final fate RTA 5.04.1918       discharged 21.08.1918, MU

Naturalisation 1948

Residence after the war Cairns, Brisbane, Charleville, Qld, Sydney

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

court martial file (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

But let’s spend a little longer listening to the voices of these Russian swaggies as they emerge from the documents. ‘In 1922 I left my discharge with my swag at Babinda Railway station North Queensland and the whole of goods which I had in my swag was stolen by some person unknown.’ This is Steven Orloff — another whose life took many different turns. At Ypres he was severely wounded, on the same day as Ankudinow, and invalided back to Australia. On his return, Orloff supported Leo Berk’s anti-bolshevik group even though before the war he had raised money to send to political prisoners in Russia and even though, in 1921, he is found on Simonoff’s repatriation list. He did not go back to Russia, however, and ended up sundowning in Queensland and New South Wales. In 1947, when applying for naturalisation, he still had no permanent address, being apparently camped out at La Perouse, Sydney.

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