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WIKSTROM, Karl
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4624 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Abo, Finland, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 17 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V11, Row C, Grave 38, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Walkaway Irwin and Greenough and Districts Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4624, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4624, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4624, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4624, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4624 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-17 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
10 March 1916 - Disembarked Suez
19 April 1916 - Transferred to 51st Battalion
Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 5 June 1916;
12 June 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles
14 August 1916 - Wounded in action, gunshot wounds to hip and abdomen
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal