Victor Vort

Alias Victor Romul Sylvester Vort-Ronald     Russian spelling Виктор Ворт

Born 28.04.1884 or 1885     Place St Petersburg, North-Western Russia (also gave birthplace as Guerre or Brisson, France)     Ethnic origin Russian/French/Scotch?     Religion Roman Catholic

Father Vort, Gregory Samuel; Scotch     Mother Vort, Dolores; French

Residence before arrival at Australia education: Commercial college (accountancy, bookkeeping, auditing); three years University attendance (commerce, political economy, history & philology); fought in the Russo-Japanese War, in 1915 was ill in Japan

Arrived at Australia 1915 (?)

Residence before enlistment South Australia, Adelaide

Occupation ‘formerly interpreter’, 1915 clerk

Family wife Hilda Olive Vort (née Hoskins), married 1916; sons Eugene Romul b.1916, Ron b.1919

Service 1

service number 2699     enlisted 14.04.1915     POE Keswick, SA

unit 10th Battalion, Pay Corps, HQ, London, 10th Battalion       rank Private, Temporary Corporal, Corporal

place England, 1916-1918

final fate RTA 12.03.1918      discharged 28.06.1918 MU

Service 2

service number 9     enlisted 1.07.1920     POE

unit Australian Air Corps, Laverton Vic.       rank Flight Sergeant

place Australia

discharged 21.06.1921, MU

Naturalisation served as British subject

Residence after the war 1919 Port Pirie, SA, 1924 Barmera

Died 8.01.1927 suicided

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

digitised army pay file (NAA)

digitised RAAF file (NAA)

RAAF discharge (NAA)

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