Julian Szablowsky

Alias Shablowski     Russian spelling Юлиан Шабловский

Born 13.05.1884     Place Ostrow, Lomza, Poland     Ethnic origin Pole     Religion -

Father -     Mother Szablowski, K.M

Arrived at Australia

            from Manila     on 7.12.1908     per Avmby Grange     disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Sydney

Occupation cook

Service

service number 407     enlisted 11.08.1914     POE Sydney

unit AN&MEF, 1st Tropical       rank Private

place Rabaul, New Guinea, 1914-1915

final fate RTA 02.1915       discharged 4.03.1915 time expired

Naturalisation 1911

Residence after the war 1922 USA

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Several Russians served in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), including Julian Szablowsky, from Poland. He had worked as a ship’s cook on Australian vessels before the war, and was the first Russian to enlist and serve outside Australia: he left Australia on 19 August 1914 as a cook on the Berrima. The AN&MEF went to take possession of the German colonies in New Guinea and in September the Germans at Rabaul (the German Pacific headquarters) surrendered; Szablowsky then returned to Australia.

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