Usko Leonard Salonen

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Alias Oscar
Born 1887
Place Abo (Turku), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Church of England
Father Gustav Salonen
Mother Eda Salonen
Contacts
Uncle Axel Alexander Olin, enlisted together
Arrived at Australia
on circa 1905
Residence before enlistment Murrumbeena, Vic
Occupation Seaman
Service service number 596
enlisted 20.03.1916
POE Melbourne
unit 39th Battalion
rank Private, Lance Corporal
place Western Front, 1916-1917
casualties WIA 1917
final fate KIA 8.06.1917
cemetery 168 Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Materials