Egnaty Sologub

Alias Solojub     Russian spelling Игнатий Сологуб

Born 1883      Place Konotop, Chernigov, Ukraine     Ethnic origin Ukrainian/Russian     Religion Roman Catholic

Residence before arrival at Australia served at the Pontoon Company, Russian Army for about 4 years (Russo-Japanese War)

Family wife Domna Sologub, and two children remained in Russia

Arrived at Australia

            from Far East     on 10.11.1912     per Yawata Maru     disembarked at Brisbane

Residence before enlistment 1916 Cloncurry, Qld

Occupation 1916 bridge carpenter; engineer

Service

service number 16794     enlisted 26.08.1916     POE Cloncurry, Qld

unit  11th Field Company Engineers       rank Sapper

place Western Front, 1917-1919

final fate RTA 8.05.1919       discharged 5.09.1919

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war 1920 Brisbane, probably returned to Russia

Materials digitised service records (NAA) (Solojub)

Naturalised Russians leaving Commonwealth (correspondence re Sologub's Japanese visa to go to Russia) (NAA)

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