Ladislav Susil

Alias Raymond

Born 23.05.1890     Place Austerlitz (Slavkov), Brno, Austria     Ethnic origin “Russian Bohemian”     Religion Roman Catholic

Father Susil, Raymond     Mother Susil, Marie

Residence before arrival at Australia left Austria at 17 years, lived in America, was 4 years at the Navy

Arrived at Australia

            from      on 08.1914     per Orange River     disembarked at Melbourne

Residence before enlistment 29.08.14 arrested, ran away from detention camp, 1915-1917 NSW, SA, Victoria

Occupation sailor, brewer

Service

service number      enlisted 25.08.1917     POE Wagga Wagga, NSW

rank Private     place Depot

discharged 1.11.1917 services no longer required

Naturalisation posed as Russian, registered as alien as Russian subject

Residence after the war 1919 surrendered destitute to the authorities and was repatriated

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

Intelligence section file (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Ladislav Susil was a Slav from Austerlitz (Slavkov), near Brno in Moravia (now Czech Republic), who sought the Russian consul’s protection as a ‘Russian’ Bohemian, which he was able to do because the Russian consulate (following official Russian pan-Slav policy) extended its protection to all Slavs at the outbreak of war, no matter where they were from. In this case, Susil obviously ‘posed for a Russian’ to avoid being interned as a German.

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