Surname
Walters né Pasvalsky
Rank
Private | Sergeant Cook
Service No.
6835 | W48223
Hebrew Date
20 Cheshvan 5704
Hebrew Date
כ׳ בְּחֶשְׁוָן תש״ד
Cemetery
Karrakatta Jewish Orthodox Cemetery, WA
Service Details
11th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF WWI | Volunteer Defence Corps WWII
Served
Western Front. Wounded in action 4/5/1917.
Place of Enlistment
Perth, Western Australia
Locality on Enlistment
29 Lindsay Street, Perth, WA
Date of Enlistment
17/7/1916
Date of Discharge
15/8/1919 WWI | died while serving WWII
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born 17/12/1893 Ludza, Latvia. Son of Aron (1833-1913) POSVOLSKY & Rebecca (1853-1935) PASVALSKY, 24/25 Royal Arcade, Perth, Western Australia. Brother of 4872 PTE Louis PASVALSKY KIA France. Nephew 6763 (WWI) & W43417/W55957 (WWII) SGT Philip Walters MM. Husband of Dora née PERLMAN. "Isidore Walters, a Jewish man from Ludza in Latvia, came to Western Australia in 1912 with his relatives and worked as a farm labourer. Here his family changed their name from Pasvalsky to Walters. Isidore’s younger brother Louis Pasvalsky enlisted in the AIF in 1915 and was killed in September 1916. He served with the 11th Battalion on the Western Front. In August 1917 he was wounded in the shoulder and returned to Australia. After the war he lived in Perth working as a cook and cleaner in the Embassy cabaret. During WWII he enlisted in the AIF and served in the volunteer defence corps, dying during his service in 1943." Source: Russian Anzacs.
John Monash (Monasch) born
in Melbourne, Australia on 27 June 1865, the son of
German Polish Jewish migrants, can be researched in any
military history encyclopaedia or in fact by just
‘Googling’ his name on the internet. His history
and list of achievements are long and far too many to detail
in this brief summary. However, might I say that reading his
history is well worth the effort and I can assure you that
his deeds will amaze you. I have found that the deeds are
better labelled on more than one man and in more than one
lifetime.
An
announcement was made in the weeks leading up to the
Centenary of ANZAC by Judy Landau, President VAJEX Aust.
She stated that it gave her great delight to announce
that VAJEX Aust (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex
& Servicemen & Women Australia Inc) has
successfully raised the required funds to build a new
Victorian Jewish Memorial after the style of the
historic Memorial located in the Jewish section of the
Melbourne General Cemetery. After an extensive two year
process, Judy has single-handedly sought letters of
support, raised the funds, and obtained approval from
the City of Port Phillip.