Vaino Alexander Simula

Vaino Alexander Simula
(Gaol Inmates/Prisoners Photos Index, NSW SA)
Alias Alexander
Born 31.03.1893
Place Helsingfors (Helsinki), Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Church of England
Family
brother Toivo Jala Simula; wife Mary Janetta Simula (nee Stewart), married 1923; sons Roy Alexander b. 1924, Douglas Robert b. 1925 and one more son.
Arrived at Australia
on 1915
per Star of Scotland
Residence before enlistment Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle
Occupation Greaser, labourer, maintaince worker
Service 1 (Depot)
service number N86502
enlisted 16.02.1918
POE Sydney
discharged 18.02.1918 MU
Service 2 service number 53846
enlisted 17.05.1918
POE Newcastle, NSW
unit 13th Battalion, Graves registration department
rank Private
place France, 1919
final fate RTA 23.09.1919
discharged 3.12.1919
Naturalisation Served as Russian subject
Residence after the war Parramatta, Sydney
Died 12.04.1980, Sydney
Materials
Digitised service records 1 2 (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Digitised court martial file (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Exciting time on a ship. - Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 18 April 1917, p. 10.
"Beauty on jaw". - Sun, Sydney, 1 January 1923, p. 5.
"I saw red". - Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate, Parramatta, 14 February 1940, p. 3.