Kansta Airikka
Alias Konsta
Born 18.05.1888 (parish birth records)*
Place Vyborg, Finland (enlistment); Karppila, Viipurin msrk (now Vysotsk, Russia) (parish birth records)*
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Church of England
Father Johan Airikka
Mother Walborg
Arrived at Australia
from Brazil
on 7.10.1913
per Castle Line
disembarked at Newcastle
Residence before enlistment Sydney
Occupation 1917 ship's carpenter, 1940 carpenter
Service 1 (Depot)
enlisted 20.03.1917
POE Kempsey, NSW
rank Private
final fate 20.06.1917 deserted
discharged 1917
Service 2 (Depot)
service number 3239
enlisted 27.07.1917
POE Seymour, Vic
rank Private
discharged 17.08.1917
Service 3 (WWII)
service number NX29732
enlisted 10.06.1940
POE Paddington, NSW
unit Paddington, Army workshop
final fate Died 1940
Naturalisation 1917
Residence after the war Grafton, Sydney
Died 7.07.1940, Sydney (while in the Army)
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
WWII service records (NAA)
*/ Information provided by Jukka Illman
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Soldier fatally injured. - Sydney Morning Herald, 8 July 1940, p. 8.