Matti Puhakka

Alias Matte Puhakka; Martin Pulvakka
Born 18.10.1888
Place Uleaborg (Oulu), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Church of England
Father Carl Puhakka
Family

Wife Hulda Katherina Puhakka (née Pulkkenen), married in Finland in 1930

Arrived at Australia on ca 1910
Residence before enlistment Brisbane
Occupation 1916 seaman, 1917 horse driver, 1931 seaman
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Residence after the war Melbourne
Died 27.10.1936 killed accidentally at sea on SS Wanganella

Service #1

Service number 3655
Enlisted 2.05.1917
Place of enlistment Brisbane
Unit 47th Battalion, 49th Battalion
Rank Private
Place Western Front, 1918
Casualties WIA 1918
Final fate RTA 5.04.1919
Discharged 14.06.1919

Materials

Digitised service records (NAA)

Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)

Martin PULVAKKA [PUHAKKA] ex Shipping Vessel 'Ponape' - enquiry by wife (NAA)

Martin Pulvakka (Puhakka) ex "Ponape" - Signed off at Port Adelaide January 1931 (NAA)

Alien registration (NAA)

Death aboard 'Wangenella' (NAA)

Hulda Katarina Puhakka (alien registration) (NAA)

Puhakka Hulda Katariina (naturalisation) (NAA)

Blog article

Russian

English

Newspaper articles

Fatal fall from ladder. - Shepparton Advertiser, 29 October 1936, p. 5.

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