Victor Emanuel WODETZKI

WODETZKI, Victor Emanuel

    Service Number: 978
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia, 24 March 1895
    Home Town: Bridgewater (Victoria, AUS), Loddon, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Krithia, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgewater & Memsie Districts Honor Roll, Bridgewater Brass Band Roll of Honour, Bridgewater Memorial Hall & Honour Roll, Bridgewater Water Mill Company War Memorial, Bridgewater on Loddon School Honour Roll, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 978, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 978, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia

    Help us honour Victor Emanuel Wodetzki's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Elizabeth Wodetzki of Bridgewater, Victoria

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meda;

    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Victor Emmanuel Wodetzki was born 24.3.1895 at Bridgewater-on-Loddon, Vic. the 8th child of Herman & Elizabeth Wodetzki nee Hannah.

    Victor was an employee of the Water & Kerang Milling Co. and a member of the Bridgewater Brass Band.

    Showing 4 of 7 images.
    Click images to start slideshow.

    Links and Documents