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Ivan Feodoroff CAESAROWICZ

Regimental number3385
Date of birth11 January 1884
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
Other NamesIvan Feodoroff
SchoolChristian Brothers College, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address104 Napier Terrace, Unley Park, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 11"
Weight190 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Laura Elizabeth Caesarowicz, 104 Napier Terrace, Unley Park, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 289 days in the Army Pay Corps; discharged at own request. Previously rejected for AIF enlistment on account of sciatica.
Enlistment date4 January 1917
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 10 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHennecourt, France
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row G, Grave 10), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Edward and Charlotte CAESAROWICZ; Wife: Laura E. CAESAROWICZ
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 10 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 2 May 1917, and marched in to 13th Training Bn.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1917; taken on strength, 50th Bn, in the field, 16 September 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 17 January 1918.

Killed in action, 5 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSecond given name entered on Attestation Form as Feodoroff and on Embarkation Roll as Feodroff.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CAESAROWICZ Ivan Feodoroff

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