James Ruland
James Ruland
A9301, 17665 (NAA)
Alias Nikolai Ihres (Ilwes) (information from his sister in Estonia)
Born 26.08.1891
Place Revel (Tallinn), Estonia or Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland
Ethnic origin Estonian or Finnish
Religion Russian Orthodox (WWI), Roman Catholic (WWII)
Father Ian Ruland
Mother Anna Ruland
Family
Wife Elsie Louisa Ruland (née Wykes), married 1918 in England; stepson Lawrence Gay Ruland (1916-1978), son James Ruland (1919-1919), daughter Patricia Olga Ruland (Smith), b. 1925
Residence before arrival at Australia Lived in England for 2 years
Arrived at Australia
from Cardiff, UK
on 24.11.1915
per Salvatore Ciampa
disembarked at Fremantle, WA
Residence before enlistment Kalgoorlie, WA
Occupation 1915 seaman, 1927 boarding house keeper; 1939 chef, 1940 cook
Service 1 service number 2362
enlisted 2.12.1915
POE Blackboy Hill, WA
unit 3rd Tunnelling Company
rank Sapper
place Western Front, 1916-1918
casualties WIA 1918 (gassed)
final fate RTA 12.03.1920
discharged 7.05.1919 in England
Service 2 (WWII)
enlisted 1940
unit RAAF, 4 Aircraft Depot
rank Corporal
discharged 1945
Naturalisation 1939
Residence after the war Toodyay, Perth, Kalgoorlie, WA
Died 27.09.1968, Victoria Park, WA
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA)
Naturalisation certificate (NAA)
Digitised WWI service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry 1 2 (AWM)
Digitised application for admission of relatives (NAA)
Investigation Branch file (NAA)
Digitised WWII service records (NAA)
Family tree on Ancestry.com
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Kalgoorlie recruiting. - Kalgoorlie Miner, 7 December 1915, p. 5.
Alleged assault. - The Daily News, Perth, 28 August 1928, p. 6.
Industrial court. - The West Australian, Perth, 10 December 1937, p. 33.