Mesart Soltanoff

Alias Saltonoff, Soltonoff     Russian spelling Мамсыр (Мисирби?) Сoлтанов

Born 1890     Place Gizel, Vladikavkaz, Ossetia, the Caucasus     Ethnic origin Ossetian     Religion Russian Orthodox

Wife Lizzie Soltanoff, in Russia

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Port Pirie, SA

Occupation 1915 farmer, 1917 smelter

Service

service number 4875     enlisted 7.10.1915     POE Adelaide

unit 10th Battalion, 50th Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1916       casualties WIA 1916

final fate RTA 22.02.1917       discharged 1.06.1917 MU

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Residence after the war Port Pirie, SA

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

army pay file (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

[...] in April [1916] the Mongolia brought ten Russians from South Australia, among them five Ossetians from the Port Pirie smelters who had joined up together in October 1915 — Soltanoff, Gasieff, Mamsuroff, Dezantoff, and Tolparoff.

    [...] Mesart Soltanoff, one of the Ossetian smelter-men from Port Pirie, was buried up to his neck by a shell-blast [Mouquet Farm, August 1916]. He was rescued, but his spine was damaged and for several months he was unable to move his legs. Back in Australia he was discharged from the AIF in June 1917; after that Soltanoff disappears altogether from the records and I wonder what became of him — did he completely recover from his injuries and end up reuniting with his wife and two children back in Ossetia?

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