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WESTERLUND, Ilmar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5210 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Turku, Lansi-Suomi, Finland, 28 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Australia , 15 April 1965, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5210, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5210, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Ilmar and family
Ilmar Aroo Westerlund was born 28 SEP 1895 in Nistad, Turku, Lansi-Suomi, Finland, he married Ethel May Upex (Birth 1899 • Wandsworth, London, England;
Death 1980 • Tweed, New South Wales, Australia) in Randwick NSW, Australia, 1922.
They had 3 children Ilmar, Ron and Keith.
Young Ilmar John died young at only 11 yrs (1923-32);
Ronald Alfred (1925-2009) also served (#N468570);
and Keith married Judith:
Submitted 7 December 2024 by Les Westerlund