Morris Saffar

Alias Moische Seifer; Saffer; Maurice     Russian spelling Мойше (Моррис) Сейфер

Born 20.05.1887     Place Volyn, Russia (WWI attestation); Ostrow, Poland (consul’s information); Paris, France (naturalisation)    

Ethnic origin Jewish     Religion Jewish (WWI), Roman Catholic (WWII)

Family wife Sarah Saffar, daughters Ella and Freda, arrived Australia 1923, third daughter born in Australia

Arrived at Australia

            from      on 05.1912     per Bremenhaven     disembarked at Fremantle

Residence before enlistment Perth

Occupation 1916 mechanical engineer, 1939 chef

Service

service number 132     enlisted 15.03.1916     POE Perth

unit 3rd Division Cyclist Company, 51st Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1918       casualties WIA 1918

final fate RTA 11.12.1918       discharged 10.03.1919

Naturalisation 1921

Residence after the war 1921 Brisbane, 1939 Melbourne

WWII served 1939-1942 3 Distr. Ordnance workshops

Died 12.09.1947

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised WWI service records (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

Investigation Branch file (NAA)

Department of Veteran Affairs file 1     2      3  (NAA)

WWII service records (NAA)

Together after ten years. - The North Queensland Register, 15 January 1923.

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Morris Saffar (or Moische Seifer) was an engineer. When applying for Australian naturalisation Saffar passed himself off as a Frenchman; in common with many of the Jews who left Russia to settle elsewhere, he identified more profoundly with where he’d settled, instead of the Russia he had left.

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