Charles Oscar Zander

Born 1885     Place Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania or Vileika, Belarus    Ethnic origin Jewish?     Religion Church of England

Father -     Mother Zander, Anna

Residence before arrival at Australia was brought up by his grandmother, took to the sea, travelled to England and Australia to learn navigation

Wife Ethel Agnes Zander, stepdaughter Ethel Ripski, stepson Edgar Reginald Horn (lived in London during the war)

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Port Adelaide

Occupation seaman

Service

service number 804     enlisted 26.08.1914     POE Morphettville, SA

unit 10th Battalion       rank Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal

place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front 1916

final fate KIA 22.08.1916

memorial details 26 Villers Bretonneux, France

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

army pay file (NAA)

digitised Roll of Honour card (AWM)

Neil Marshall is keen to learn more of Charles Zander, his family and in particular locate and secure photographs of him.

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

The very first contingent [...] — this First Fleet of the new Australian nationhood — left Australian waters in early November 1914 with at least 12 Russians: the Finns Baer and Hiltunen, the ethnic Russians Arn, Kamishansky, Sast and Sindeeff, the Polish-born Markowicz and Watson, the Jews Zander and Levene, and the Russian-born Englishmen Ball and Dyson.

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