Regimental number | 2656 |
Place of birth | Kinkainen Panelja, Finland |
Religion | Lutheran |
Occupation | Ship's carpenter |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Frank Eino, Kinkainer, Panelja, Finland |
Previous military service | Nil |
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Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
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Other details |
Arrived in Australia 9 months prior to enlistment. War service: Egypt Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel el Kebir, 12 June 1916. Taken on strength, 1st Double Squadron, Serapeum, 6 July 1916. Sick to hospital, 18 August 1916 (inflammation of ear), and admitted to 1/2 E.A. Field Ambulance; transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, 24 August 1916 (diarrhoea); to No. 3 Australian General Hospital, 31 August 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ayrshire', 21 November 1916; disembarked Sydney, 3 January 1917; discharged, 23 January 1917 (left ear: chronic otitis media and deafness; medical report, 7 September 1916, found the condition to be pre-existing, not caused by military service). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |