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| NAA: BP313/1, TOKMAKOFF A K |
Alexander Tokmakoff was born in Chita on 24 April 1895 and spent 2 years in China during the 1920s. Was a Cossack farmer, trapped fur during winter, also worked as teacher.
1911 Ran away from home to join the Army.
1911-1922 Senior Lieutenant, Koltchack's Siberian Army.
1922 China and lives at Harbin.
1925 He arrived to Brisbane on 6 September 1925 on Mishima Maru
1925 Bundaberg QLD, working in cane fields.
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1930 Katherine, farming block 167 with Fomin
1933 Farms block 167 alone
1934 Naturalized
1935.1936 Harbin, marries Lya a dentist in May 1936
1936 Katherine
1938 Last season farming
1939 Darwin drives a bulldozer. Takes part in clearing road, and land of FAAF Darwin
1947 Darwin works as a yardman / watchman at Government Stores.
1959 Surrenders lease on block 167
1960 Brisbane
1970 Adelaide River, farms block 109 with Zimin, Dejulia, Sapitsky, Belokriloff
1971 November dies of a heart attack in Moscow
Alexander married Leah in China in 1936. Tokmakoff's descendants include Irina (1937), Victor (1938), Peter (1940) and Veronica (1942).
His father was Russian, mother - Mongolian. Had a brother Peter (1901-1979) who also came to Australia and farmed near Darwin.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250282134/peter-tokmakoff
Suffered from Dengue fever which affected him throughout his life. Lively, life and party, person. Described as 5' 7 ", dark brown hair, blue eyes.
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TODAY'S NEWS FOR WOMEN (1944, April 24). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128403863
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202100993/lya-new_boohvestoff-tokmakoff