Niilo Kara

Alias Nillo; Nulo; Neil Ferdinand (WWII)

Born 25.05.1894    Place Pihlajavesi, Tampere, Finland     Ethnic origin Finn    Religion Lutheran

Father Kara, Nicholas    Mother -

Arrived at Australia

            from Finland via Sweden    on 1.01.1914      per Lock Dorridon    disembarked at Port Adelaide

Residence before enlistment Corinda, Victoria

Occupation before arrival to Australia: sailor; 1915 railway labourer, 1917 wheat farmer, prospector, sugar cane cutter, 1940 miner

Service

service number 1682   enlisted 28.05.1915   POE Melbourne

unit 24th Battalion   rank Private

place Gallipoli, 1915       casualties WIA 1915

final fate RTA 28.01.1916       discharged 20.08.1916

Naturalisation 1939 – applied for naturalisation

Residence after the war Greenvale via Charters Towers, Mt Isa, Ingham and all states in Australia

WWII, enl.2.04.1940, rank Sergeant, served 7th div. HQ Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, New Guinea, disch. 26.11.1946

Died 23.10.1947

Materials naturalisation (NAA)

digitised WWI service records (NAA)

WWII service records 1    2  (NAA)

allotment ledger, pay ledger and history cards (NAA)

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