William Zavodtchikoff
Alias Zavodhkow; Zavodhkovw; Zavodchikoff; Zavodtchikoff known as William West; David William West Russian spelling Владимир (?) Заводчиков (Зоводчиков)
Born 5.02.1895 Place Tomsk, Siberia, Russia Ethnic/cultural origin Jewish/Russian Religion Lutheran & Church of England
Father Zavodhkow (Zavodtchikoff), Roman
Arrived at Australia
from Moji, Japan on 12.1914 per St Albans disembarked at Darwin
Residence before enlistment Darwin, Townsville, Babinda, Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney
Occupation 1915 labourer; 1925 general dealer
Service 1 (Zavodhkow)
service number enlisted 8.11.1915 POE Townsville, Qld
rank Private place Depot discharged 1.04.1916 being under age
Service 2 (Zavodtchikoff)
service number N36448 enlisted 18.07.1916 POE Sydney
rank Private place Depot discharged 24.01.1917 MU
Naturalisation 1925
Residence after the war Melbourne, Darwin, Sydney
Wife Renee Zavodtchikoff (née Segal), married 1945
Materials naturalisation (NAA) Zavodtchikoff known as William West
digitised service records 1 2 (NAA) (Zavodhkow & Zavodtchikoff)
Investigation Branch file (NAA) (Zavodtchikoff)
Personal case file, World War I (NAA)
From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:
Many Russians received their baptism into Australianness through army mateship. This was an Australianness that was in no way solemn but involved things like sharing a drink with mates, playing two-up, giving lip to an NCO — the sort of thing that often shows up as misconduct in the Russians’ service records. For instance, young William Zavodtchikoff, a Siberian Jew, after spending several months in a Queensland depot as a sentry allowed a prisoner, an Australian, to escape from the guardroom. On being detained himself, Zavodtchikoff said to the sergeant of the guard: ‘You have put that man in for nothing. Put me in too.’ No private in the Russian army, let alone a Jewish private, would ever dare say anything like that.
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