Russian Anzacs

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Ravolaine, Adamson, Hendrickson

David Ravolaine

• David Ravolaine, a Finnish sailor from Vyborg, came to Australia in 1910 and worked as a labourer in Bourke, Muswellbrook, Narrabri, and Wee Waa in NSW.
• Enlisting in the AIF, he was appointed Lance Corporal and joined the 3^rd Battalion on the Western Front. In July 1916 he was killed in the Battle for Pozieres.

Hendrik Adamson 

• Hendrik Adamson from Pärnu in Estonia came to Australia, probably as a sailor, in 1913 and settled in Port Adelaide.
• He served with the 10^th Battalion on the Western Front, was wounded in June 1916 and was returned to Australia as medically unfit.
• After the war he lived in South Australia.

John Hendrickson

• John Hendrickson, a Finnish seaman, served for three years in the Russian Army before coming to Australia.
• Enlisting in the AIF, he reached Gallipoli at the time of the evacuation of the troops in December 1915 and continued his service on the Western Front with the 29^th Battalion. In December 1916 he was wounded at the Somme, but returned to the trenches; a few days later he died from a stroke. At that time he was 42 years old.