Militan Schatkowski

Alias 14.02.1918 assumed name Oldham; death certificate: Milton Schatkowski (known as Milton Oldham)     Russian spelling Милитан Иосифович Шатковский

Born 1891     Place Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania     Ethnic origin Pole     Religion Presbyterian

Father Schatkowski, Joseph     Mother Schatkowski, Olga

Residence before arrival at Australia lived in the British Empire since 1908

Arrived at Australia 07.1914

Residence before enlistment Stockton, Newcastle

Occupation 1914 seaman, 1938 wharf labourer

Service

service number 1632     enlisted 30.11.1914     POE Liverpool, NSW

unit 2nd Battalion, 54th Battalion, 2nd Battalion, Adm HQ, attached to Australian Red Cross, Old Bailey, London      rank Private

place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916; England 1917-1919

final fate RTA 4.06.1919       discharged 28.09.1919 MU

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war Sydney

Wife Isabella Burgess Oldham, married 1918 in England, came to Australia, returned to England by 1921; daughter Cecily Olga Oldham (b. 1920, Sydney - d. 2002 Oxford, England); son Joseph Milton Oldham (b. 1921 London - d. 2000 Exeter, England) - information from grandson Michael Oldham

Died 29.11.1938 Sydney

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

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