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Name: Paul Demsky
Alias: Paul Schnosky
Birth Name: Paul Aldridge/Shahnovsky
Hometown: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birthplace: Vladikavkaz, Russia
Height: 171cm
Reach: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record

According to the California, Passengers and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 database on Ancestry.com, one Paul Aldridge, a 23-year-old Russian "Boxer" from Australia, sailed from Manila, P.I. aboard the S.S. Roxen on April 7, 1926 and arrived in San Francisco on May 6, 1926. His mother, Mrs. Irene Shahnovsky, was living in South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia at the time.

Reference sources

• Portrait of Paul Demsky, boxer, 1922 / Crown Studios - held and digitised as part of the Arnold Thomas boxing collection by the National Library of Australia