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Vaino Armos Balhorn
Alias Ballhorn (AIF); William Balhorn (naturalisation)
Born 27.04.1888
Place Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish / Dannish
Religion Church of England
Father Henry Balhorn (Danish); stepfather Brynold Lindholm
Mother Maria Arosin
Family
Wife Gladys Louisa (nee Smith) Balhorn, married 1922 Sydney; sons Sydney Gordon b. 1923 and Allan Vardy b. 1927, both served in the AIF during WWII
Residence before arrival at Australia At sea for 2 years
Arrived at Australia
from Western Mexico
on 27.07.1911
per Sailing vessel
disembarked at Newcastle, NSW
Residence before enlistment Sydney, Muswellbrook, NSW
Occupation 1915 Railway worker, 1921 Naval store officer
Service service number 2001
enlisted 26.07.1915
POE Liverpool, NSW
unit 7th Light Horse Regiment; 13th FAB, 51st Battery
rank Gunner, Signaller
place Western Front, 1916-1917
casualties WIA 1917
awards 9.04.1917 MID (1.06.1917 LG)
final fate RTA 22.05.1917
discharged 23.08.1917
Naturalisation 1921
Residence after the war Sydney
Died 1970 Yarra, Victoria
Materials
Digitised naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA) (Ballhorn)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised recommendation for award (AWM)
Australian Imperial Force Headquarters (London) ... 2001 Signaller V A Balhorn (AWM)
Personal case file WWI (NAA)
Honours and Awards - Imperial Service Medals ... BALHORN, Vaino Asmas (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Two awards given to govt. men. - The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 July 1954, p. 13