Schija Fels

Born 9.06.1889  Place Warsaw, Poland  Ethnic origin Jewish    Religion Jewish

Father Fels, Saul      Mother Fels, Wilhelmina

Residence before arrival at Australia served in the Russian Army for 1 year

Arrived at Australia

            from France  on 30.12.1912   per Sydney  disembarked at Sydney

Residence before enlistment Sydney

Occupation diamond cutter

Service

service number 1126   enlisted 3.11.1914 POE Liverpool, NSW

unit 13th Battalion   rank Private

place Gallipoli, 1915       casualties WIA 1915

final fate RTA 8.10.1915       discharged 26.04.1916 MU

Other service 13.12.1916 left for England to enlist in Royal Flying Corps, was rejected as medically unfit and employed by the Department of Military Intelligence

Naturalisation 1919

Residence after the war Sydney, USA, Sydney

Materials digitised naturalisation (NAA)

digitised service records (NAA)

pay history card (NAA)

alien registration (NAA)

biographical file (AWM) (includes clipping from 'Sun' 1934 with photo)

application for admission of relatives and friends 1   2    3    4    5    6    7    8  (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

Schija Fels, the diamond cutter whom we last saw severely wounded at Bloody Angle, was discharged in Australia after his Gallipoli experience but then went to England on his own initiative. There, he first tried to enlist in the Royal Flying Corps but was rejected as medically unfit; he then managed to get a post in British military intelligence, where he served until the end of the war.

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