Toivo Alexander HAAPANEN

Regimental number1564
Date of birth13 August 1886
Place of birthTammerfors, Finland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSailor
AddressWynnum, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 10.5"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs H Haapanen, Gibbs Street, Wynnum, Queensland
Enlistment date24 August 1918
Place of enlistmentGoondiwindi, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/112/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 13 June 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Melusia on 16 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 6 November 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 19 February 1919
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 17 March 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 11 August 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on 1 September 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on 28 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 2 October 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Sumatra on 10 November 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Meklong on 6 September 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 18 December 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on 22 August 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Makambo on 16 September 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Matunga on 27 July 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on 14 December 1916
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date23 May 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Rabau

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla', 13 February 1917; discharged (medically unfit: debility after pneumonia), 23 May 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal

Re-enlisted, Brisbane, 24 August 1918.

Served in Rabaul.

Also served in World War II: Service No W74861.
SourcesNAA: B2455, HAAPANEN Toivo Alexander