February 25, 2016
Johan Peter Fagerlund
- Johan Peter Fagerlund came to Australia from Finland, and by the time of his enlistment in the AIF was working as a labourer in Sydney, and had a family with an Australian girl, Ethel Rodgers.
- He served with the 56th Battalion on the Western Front. In August 1916 he was wounded in the leg, but recovered and returned to the front.
- After the war he lived in Bankstown, working as a labourer.
Adolph Conrad Cantor
- Adolph Conrad Cantor, a Jewish man from Zagare in Lithuania, came to the USA as a young man and had a family there. In 1902 he came to Australia and was working as a draper.
- Enlisting in the AIF in Victoria, he went overseas with the 14th Battalion, was attached to the Administrative headquarters in London and later discharged there as medically unfit.
- In 1917 he returned to Australia, where he married Elizabeth Margarette Williams, and was working in Melbourne as a storekeeper and draper.
August Severin Petterssan
- August Severin Petterssan, a Finnish seaman, came to Australia in 1911 and lived in Melbourne working as a labourer.
- Enlisting in the AIF, he served with the 37th Battalion on the Western Front. In June 1917 he was wounded at Messines, but rejoined his battalion and was killed in October 1917 at Broodseinde, near Ypres.
- His family in Finland was found after the war.
Carol Vidura
- Carol Vidura, a seaman, said he was born in Warsaw, but his mother was probably a Romanian and lived in Romania. Carol came to Australia in 1914.
- Enlisting in the AIF in Adelaide, he served with the 50th Battalion on the Western Front. In September 1917 he was wounded in the leg at Polygon Wood and was returned to Australia as medically unfit.
- After the war he worked as a laborer and greaser in South Australia. He was married to an Australian girl, Evylen May Wright, and had five children; his elder son served during WWII on Borneo.
Gusta Kaarna
- Gusta Kaarna, a seaman from Kotka in Finland, came to Australia in 1905 and worked as a carpenter and mill hand in Western Australia and was in Kalgoorlie by the time of his enlistment in the AIF.
- A month after his enlistment he was discharged and disappears from the records after that.
February 9, 2016
Since January 1916 the Australian enlisting officers, at the request of the Russian Consul General, Nicholas Abaza, had to send him lists of all Russian subjects accepted for military service. Some of them, although being initially accepted, did not make it to active service abroad and were discharged from the AIF soon after enlistment. In some cases their service records with enlistment details had not been preserved and we have only brief data about them from the lists sent to the consul. In January 1916 there were ten such enlistees without service record files.
- Alexander Allekson enlisted in the AIF in New South Wales. There is no further data about him.
- Karl A. Blomquist was a Finn and enlisted in NSW.
- Theodor Cussoff was probably a Baltic German and enlisted in Victoria.
- John Grinitz enlisted in NSW.
- Otto Kampmann was, probably, a Baltic German from Estonia. He enlisted in the AIF in Victoria.
- Charles Koppel was a seaman from Arensburg (Kuressaare) in Saaremaa Island in Estonia. He arrived at Australia in 1914 and was working on coastal vessels. He enlisted in the AIF in NSW.
- William Lepama was an Estonian seaman from Dago (Hiiumaa) Island. He came to Australia in 1913, enlisted in NSW and left for England in 1921.
- Isaac Micolazyk was probably a Ukrainian. He enlisted in NSW.
- A. Nesterunka was probably Afanacy Nesternko, an engineer from Odessa, who came to Australia in 1911. He enlisted in NSW. In 1917 he was convicted for attempted arson.
- August Veedof was an Estonian seaman, who came to Australia in 1910 and worked in Sydney as seaman and wharf labourer. He enlisted in the AIF in NSW. After the war he moved to England.
- J. Wienburg enlisted in NSW. No data was found about him.