John Smelga

Alias served as John Smilga

Born 12.07.1892     Place Riga, Latvia     Ethnic origin Latvian     Religion Church of England

Father Smilga, John

Arrived at Australia

            from      on 9.10.1917     per Ceramic     disembarked at Melbourne

Residence before enlistment Port Adelaide, Melbourne

Occupation seaman, 1931 waterside worker

Service

service number 3375     enlisted 31.10.1917     POE St Hilda, Victoria

unit 39th Battalion       rank Private

place Colombo, England, 1918

final fate RTA 19.10.1918       discharged 21.01.1919

Naturalisation served as Russian subject, naturalisation was not found, but he appears in electoral rolls, 1925-1954 (Smelga)

Residence after the war Melbourne

Wife Florence Quinn Smilga (Smelga) (née Gateshead), married 1918

Died 1970 Melbourne

Materials digitised service records (NAA) (Smilga & Smelga)

alien registration  1      2   (NAA) (Smelga)

digitised wife's alien registration (NAA) (Smelga)

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