Karl Harry Aspelin

Born 1896
Place Brukars Skavarböle* Borga (Porvoo), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Lutheran
Father Carl Aspelin
Mother Ida Wilhemina Blomqvist*
Family

Wife Freda Louise Aspelin (nee Conley), son Henry Clyde, b. 1932*

Residence before enlistment Melbourne
Occupation 1916 sailor, 1930 engineer
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Residence after the war Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, United States*
Died 28.08.1978, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, USA*

Service #1

Service number 5327
Enlisted 17.01.1916
Place of enlistment Melbourne
Unit 8th Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1916-1917
Final fate Illegal absentee at Hurdcott 26.01.1918
Discharged 21.04.1920 discharged in consequence of being illegally absent

Materials

Digitised service records (NAA)

Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)

Family tree on Ancestry.com

* Information from Family tree on Ancestry.com

Blog article

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