Vincent Uscinski

Russian spelling Викентий Иосифович Ущинский

Born 7.03.1893     Place Ostrow, Lomza, Poland     Ethnic origin Pole     Religion Roman Catholic

Father Uscinski, Joseph     Mother Uscinska (née Siennicka), Bronislawa

Siblings Lucina (Lucy) married George Sekachoff; Peter, Alexander, Boleslav (Bob), Stanislaw, Wladislawa (Gladys), Stefan

Residence before arrival at Australia lived in Harbin with his family

Arrived at Australia

            from Manchuria     on 30.04.1911     per Nikko Maru     disembarked at Brisbane (with mother and siblings)

Residence before enlistment Brisbane

Occupation sign writer

Service

service number 3440 (ER); 3462 (NR)     enlisted 15.05.1917     POE Ipswich, Qld

unit 41st Battalion       rank Private

place Western Front, 1918

final fate RTA 14.01.1919      discharged 31.03.1919, MU

Naturalisation served as British subject, applied for naturalisation in 1920

Residence after the war Brisbane

Died 12.07.1921 in an accident, Murwillumbah

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

father's naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Joseph Uscinski was one who was so deeply Russianised that he signed his application for Australian naturalisation in Russian, not in Polish. His family had moved from Ostrow (near Lomza, northeast Poland) to Harbin in China, where he worked on the railway and his eight children attended Russian school. In 1911 they migrated from Harbin to Brisbane; there, despite being Polish and Roman Catholic, they kept up their connections with the Russian community, his eldest daughter subsequently marrying a Russian ex-serviceman. Anna Sorensen’s response to my questions about her grandfather Joseph is tinged with a grim irony: ‘Yes, the family did speak Russian as well as Polish, with Joseph more proficient in Russian than in Polish. His stint in the Russian army had allegedly taught him to swear better than the Russians!’

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