Edward Abelscaln

Alias Abelskaln

Born 1889       Place Riga, Latvia       Ethnic origin Latvian     Religion Unitarian

Father Jacob Abelscaln, Latvia

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment Melbourne

Occupation sailor

Service

service number 96   enlisted 4.01.1915 POE Melbourne

unit 13th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Provost Corps   rank Corporal, Lance Sergeant

place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916-1919

awards 31.10.17 MM (LG 14.01.18)

discharged 23.12.1919 in England to return to Latvia

Naturalisation served as Russian subject

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

digitised recommendation for award  (AWM)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Edward Abelscaln, a Gallipoli veteran, who was now serving in the Anzac Provost Corps, [was awarded Military Medal for] organising traffic under heavy shelling on the Bellewaarde Plank Road where it had been blocked by a shell crater.

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