John Pollanen

Alias Juho
Born 21.03.1890
Place Kotka, Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Lutheran
Mother Maria Pollanen
Arrived at Australia on Ca. 05.1914
disembarked at NSW
Residence before enlistment NSW, Hornsby
Occupation Moulder, seaman
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject, applied for naturalisation in the USA
Residence after the war 1917 San Francisco, USA and sailing along the coast
Died 21.09.1927 San-Francisco, California

Service #1 – Depot

Service number 3932
Enlisted 29.10.1915
Place of enlistment Holdsworthy, NSW
Unit 20th Battalion
Rank Private
Discharged 27.01.1916 services no longer required

Materials

Blog article

Russian

English

Newspaper articles

Stabbing affray. - The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, Saturday 7 August 1915, p. 8.

The Finn's fight. - The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, Saturday 21 August 1915, p. 8.

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