ETTINGOVE, Samuel
| Service Number: | Depot |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Reinforcements WW1 |
| Born: | Liadi, Russia, 25 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College |
| Occupation: | Student of Law |
| Died: | Fractured Skull from motor cycle accident, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Jewish D 63 |
| Memorials: | Melbourne Wesley Collegians Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, Depot, Reinforcements WW1 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Benjamin Ettingove & Miriam née Baywski.
Cemetery records show place of birth as Mogilev, Mogilev District, Mogilev, Belarus
Killed in motorbike accident in Malvern, Melbourne. The bike he was driving collided with a tram. Samuel Ettingove and his cousin Norman Myer had been brought out as youths to Australia by their uncles, the Myer brothers, who provided them with an Australian upbringing and education. In December 1917 Samuel, the elder of the two, then studying law at Melbourne University, went along with his fellow law students to enlist in the AIF. He sought and obtained expedited Australia citizenship so he could join as an Australia citizen rather than as a Russian. Source: Russian Anzacs (russiananzacs.elena.id.au)