Andreas VOITKUN

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Service Number:	2134
Enlisted:	14 October 1915, Adelaide South Australia Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Riga, Russia, 29 September 1885
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laborer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 25 May 1971, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Acacia, Path I, Grave 2327. Interred on 29 May 1971
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

14 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
20 Jul 1916:	Imprisoned Taken prisoner at Fleuraix while wounded (shell wound to the right leg and arm). Interned in Gefangenenlager, Langenewalza, Germany. Repatriated to England arriving on 9 January 1919
12 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 2134, 32nd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Also known as andrew Voitkun.

Husband of Emily Voitkun of Agnes Street, Port Pirie, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 28 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal