OLEINIKOFF, Matfeus (Matthew) and Darea (Dorres Dorrie)

Matfeus (Matthew) and Dorres (Dorie) OLEINIKOFF

Born 16 November 1879 at Poltavia, Moscow, Russia.

Arrived in Australia from Moscow 4 September 1912 aboard "Easter" and disembarked at Brisbane.

Naturalised 11 January 1915

Married wife, Dorrie Zorya (Zora) at Cordalba and has 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls.

Died 30 December 1944 at Wooloongabba. Buried at Mt Thompson.

Enlisted AIF, 10 May 1916, aged 35 years and 5 months.

Previously served 1 year, 2 months with Russian Army.

First World War Embarkation Roll

Service Number: 5650

Rank: Private

Roll Title: 26 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 18 Reinforcements (May - December 1916)

Conflict: First World War 1914 -1918

Date of Embarkation: 7 September 1916

Place of Embarkation: Brisbane

Ship Embarked On: Clan McGillivray A46

Page 25 of the Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 27 January, 1917. SLQ

https://archive.org/details/TheQueenslanderPictorial18November1916

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152561717

Children: Paul, Vera, Ida, Loosey, George, Harry, Peter

Son: Peter Matthew Oleinikoff, born 5 October 1910,Suchin, Siberia Russia

Son George: born 1914 Australia
Daughter Luboff: born 1912 Australia


12 July 1924 - "Ferneylea" Wellington Road, East Brisbane
1925 - "Ferneylea" Wellington Road, East Brisbane. Also Paul - Bootmaker
26 November 1941 - 11 Gibbon Street,Wooloongabba

Darea (Dorres/Dorrie) Zorya (Zora)

Born 1885.

Died Brisbane in 1972, aged 86.

Buried 20 March 1972 at Hemmant Cemetery