Aksel Anselm Mattila

Alias Matilla (death records)
Born 14.10.1892
Place Borga (Porvoo), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Russian Orthodox
Father Henrick Mattila*
Mother Wilhelmina Sundkvist Orko*
Family

Wife Gertrude Cecilia Mattila (nee Schwarze), married 1920 Sydney; children Lillian Gertrude (1920-1920), Irene Cecilia (1921-1980), Leslie Anselm (1926-1929), June Gloria (1928-1992), Elaine Madeline (1931-1985)*

Arrived at Australia from Delegoa Bay, South Africa
on 09.1911
disembarked at Newcastle, NSW
Residence before enlistment Newcastle and Sydney, working on vessels trading on the coast
Occupation 1916 AB seaman, 1936 crane driver
Naturalisation 1919
Residence after the war Sydney
Died 12.11.1963, Burwood, NSW

Service #1

Service number 1030
Enlisted 14.02.1916
Place of enlistment Casula, NSW
Unit Camel Corps, 4th Light Horse Regiment
Rank Private
Place Egypt, Palestine, 1916-1919
Casualties WIA 1917
Final fate RTA 5.06.1919
Discharged 12.09.1919

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